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An important philosopher and theologian in the late fifteenth century Shīrāz, al-Dawānī’s teaching and commentaries were formative for subsequent philosophical development in the Ottoman Empire, the Ṣafavid Iran and the Muslim India.
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Kaukua, J. (2015). Dawānī. In: Sgarbi, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Renaissance Philosophy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02848-4_38-1
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