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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books A History of Muslim Philosophy Volume 2, Book 4 Chapter 45: Jalal al-Din Dawwani A. Life and Works Mohammad bin As‘ad Jalal al-Din was born in 830/1427 at Dawwan in the district of Kazarun, of which his father was the Qadi.

Having received early education from his father and then from Mahjwi al-Ari and Hassan bin Baqqal, he studied theology under Muhyi al-Din Ansari and Hammam al-Din at Shiraz, where he ultimately became professor at the Madrasat al-Aitam . In a short time he became famous for his knowledge and learning, attracting students from far and wide.

It was in recognition of his literary and academic fame that he received admission into the Cour of Hassan Beg Khan Bahadur (Uzun Hassan), the then Turkish ruler of Mesopotamia and Persia. He ultimately rose to the eminent position of the Qadi of the Court, which position he retained under Sultan Mantiq Ya‘qub as well.

He died in 907/1501 or 908/1502, and he was buried in his native village Dawwan.[^1] Tusi revived the tradition of philosophical disciplines during the Mongol period; Dawwani did the same during the Ottoman period. Whereas the former gave a fresh impetus to the study of ibn Sina by writing commentaries on some of his works and by defending him against his detractors, the latter on his Hayakil-i Nur and elaborating his illuminative philosophy (hikmat-i ishruq) in his own works.

Both are revivalists, but they differ in their approach to the truth. The one is a true Avicennian, the other a faithful Suhrawardian. Brockelman has enumerated 70 of his extant works,[^2] of which the important ones are listed below: Sharh ‘Aqa’id-i ‘Adudiyyah , Istanbul, 1817. Sharh Tahdhib al-Mantiq wa al-Kalam , 1264/1847. Al-Zaura , cairo, 1326-1908. Risalah fi Ithbat al-Wajib al-Qadimah wa-al-Jadidah. Risalah fi Tahqiq Nafs al-Amr. Risalah fi Ithbat alpJoauhar al-Mufariq.

Risalah fi ‘Adalah. Risalah fi-Hikmah. Sharh al-Hayakil. Anmudhaj al-‘Ulum. Al-Masa’il al-‘Asr fi al-Kalam. Akhlaq-i Jalali , translated into English under the title of The Practical Philosophy of the Mohammadan People , by W.F. Thomson, London, B. Ethics Dawwani was commissioned by Sultan Hassan Geg to revise the ethical treatise of Tusi with the express aim of “correcting and completing” it from the illuminative (ishraqi) point of view.