Karim Khan Kermani

Karim Khan Kermani

Ḥájí Mírzá Muḥammad Karím Khán-i-Kirmání (1810–1873), was a Shaykhi-Shia scholar. He was the third leader of Kermani Shaykhi community.[1] After the death of his mentor, Sayyid Kazim Rashti, Kermani dedicated himself to the promotion of the teachings of Shaykh Ahmad and Sayyid Kazim. He is believed to be among the first Shaykhi scholars to have rejected the messianic claims of the Báb. He wrote a dozen of anti-Babi books, one such being Risāla izhāq al-bāṭil fī radd al-bābiyya (The Crushing of Falsehood in Refutation of Bābism).[1][2]

Although he claimed to be nothing except an expositor of the teachings of Shaykh Ahmad and Sayyid Kazim, Kermani has to be considered an original thinker in his own right.[3]

Further reading

• Henry Corbin (1971). le shî'isme duodécimain (in French). ISBN 2070724042.
• Henry Corbin (1971). sohrawardî et les platoniciens de perse (in French). ISBN 2070724050.
• Henry Corbin (1972). les fidèles de l'amour, shî'isme et soufisme (in French). ISBN 2070724069.
• Henry Corbin (1972). l'école d'ispahan, l'école shaykhie, le douzième imâm (in French). ISBN 2070724077.
• Emir Nosratedine Ghaffary (1965). Farah. L'Univers Paradiasiaque des Soufis Persans. Teheran. 1965.

References

1. Lambden, Stephen. "Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani (1810-1871) - Some Biographical Notes". hurqalya.ucmerced.edu. Hurqalya Publications: Center for Shaykhī and Bābī-Bahā’ī Studies. Retrieved 2020-10-16.
2. Smith, Peter (2000). "Karím Khán Kirmání, Hájí (Muhammad-)". A concise encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith. Oxford: Oneworld Publications. p. 216. ISBN 1-85168-184-1.
3. Corbin, Henry (1977). Spriritual Body and Celestial Earth: From Mazdean Iran to Shi'ite Iran. Princeton University Press, New Jersey. p. 115

Further reading

• Chamankhah, L. (2021), Persianization of Shaykhīsm: The Doctrine of Rukn-i Rābiʿ from Aḥmad al-Aḥsāʾī to Karīm Khān Kirmānī. Muslim World, 111: 299-335. https://doi.org/10.1111/muwo.12405