Karim Khan Kermani Explained
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).[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
- Book: Henry Corbin. le shî'isme duodécimain. fr. 1971. 2070724042.
- Book: Henry Corbin. sohrawardî et les platoniciens de perse. fr. 1971. 2070724050.
- Book: Henry Corbin. les fidèles de l'amour, shî'isme et soufisme. fr. 1972. 2070724069.
- Book: Henry Corbin. l'école d'ispahan, l'école shaykhie, le douzième imâm. fr. 1972. 2070724077.
- Emir Nosratedine Ghaffary (1965). Farah. L'Univers Paradiasiaque des Soufis Persans. Teheran. 1965.
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Lambden . Stephen . Muhammad Karim Khan Kirmani (1810-1871) - Some Biographical Notes. . Hurqalya Publications: Center for Shaykhī and Bābī-Bahā’ī Studies. 2020-10-16. hurqalya.ucmerced.edu.
- Encyclopedia: Smith . Peter. Peter Smith (historian) . A concise encyclopedia of the Baháʼí Faith . Karím Khán Kirmání, Hájí (Muhammad-) . 2000 . Oneworld Publications . Oxford . 1-85168-184-1 . 216.
- [Henry Corbin|Corbin, Henry]
