
Also known as Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Karīm al-Shahrastānī, Abu-ʾl-Fath Muḥammadibn ʿAbd al-Karīm Shahrastānī, Muhammad al-Shahrastānī, Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Fath Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Karīm ash-Shahrastānī
Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Fath Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Karīm ash-Shahrastānī (; 1086–1153 CE), also known as Muhammad al-Shahrastānī, was an influential Persian historian of religions, a historiographer, Islamic scholar, philosopher and theologian. His book, Kitab al-Milal wa al-Nihal (lit. The Book of Sects and Creeds) was one of the pioneers in developing an objective and philosophical approach to the study of religions.
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