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Maitham bin Ali Al Bahrani (d. 1280AD) (also spelt Maytham Al Bahrani) was a leading 13th Century Twelver Shi'a Islamic theologian who lived in
BahrainThe Kingdom of Bahrain is a small island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain via the King Fahd Causeway, which was officially opened on the 25th of November 1986. Qatar is to the southeast across the Gulf of...
. Al Bahrani wrote on Twelver doctrine, affirmed free will, the infallibility of prophets and imams, the appointed imamate of `Ali, and the occultation of the Twelfth Imam. Along with Kamal al-Din Ibn Sa’adah al Bahrani (died 1242), Jamal al-Din ‘Ali ibn Sulayman al-Bahrani (died 1271), Maitham Al Bahrani was part of a 13th century Bahrain school of theology that emphasised
rationalismIn epistemology and in its modern sense, rationalism is "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification" . In more technical terms it is a method or a theory "in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive"...
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At the same time, Maitham Al Bahrani was profoundly influenced by the disciplines of philosophy and mysticism.
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Sheikh
Maitham bin Ali Al Bahrani (d. 1280AD) (also spelt Maytham Al Bahrani) was a leading 13th Century Twelver Shi'a Islamic theologian who lived in
BahrainThe Kingdom of Bahrain is a small island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. Saudi Arabia lies to the west and is connected to Bahrain via the King Fahd Causeway, which was officially opened on the 25th of November 1986. Qatar is to the southeast across the Gulf of...
. Al Bahrani wrote on Twelver doctrine, affirmed free will, the infallibility of prophets and imams, the appointed imamate of `Ali, and the occultation of the Twelfth Imam. Along with Kamal al-Din Ibn Sa’adah al Bahrani (died 1242), Jamal al-Din ‘Ali ibn Sulayman al-Bahrani (died 1271), Maitham Al Bahrani was part of a 13th century Bahrain school of theology that emphasised
rationalismIn epistemology and in its modern sense, rationalism is "any view appealing to reason as a source of knowledge or justification" . In more technical terms it is a method or a theory "in which the criterion of the truth is not sensory but intellectual and deductive"...
.
At the same time, Maitham Al Bahrani was profoundly influenced by the disciplines of philosophy and mysticism. He wrote widely on such theology related philosophical issues as epistimology and ontology.
Al Bahrani's scholarship took in both Imami and Sunni sources; according to
University of BahrainThe University of Bahrain was founded in 1986. The roots of the University go back to the late 1960s when the Higher Institutes for male and female teachers were established. These institutes later developed into the University College of Arts, Sciences, and Education in accordance with the Amiri...
academic, Ali Al Oraibi:
In the 13th Century, Twelvers - particularly mystics. - were a growing influence in Bahrain, which had previously been dominated by the
Ismaili' is a branch of the Islamic faith. It is the second largest part of the Shī‘ah community, after the mainstream Twelvers...
Qarmatian sect.
The Bahrain school of thought's integration of philosophy and mysticism into Imami Shi'ism had an enduring legacy, influencing fourteenth century theologians such as Ibn Abi Jumhur al-Ahsai'i. Politically, the intellectual vitality of al-Bahrani and his contemporaries is credited with converting the Ilkhanid monarch,
Mohammed KhudabandehÖljaitü, Oljeitu, Olcayto or Uljeitu, also known as Muhammad Khodabandeh , was the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler in Iran from 1304 to 1316...
, to convert to Shi'ism and announce a Shia state.