Mulla Sadra Day · Ruz-e Molla Sadra

Culture of origin: Iranian · Cultural

Holiday sources: Iran

Sadr al-Din Shirazi, known as Mulla Sadra (c. 1571/72 – c. 1635/40), was born in Shiraz to a family of court officials and studied in Qazvin and Isfahan under Mir Damad and Baha al-Din al-Amili. His Transcendent Philosophy (al-hikma al-muta'aliya) drew together Avicenna, Suhrawardi's Illuminationism and Ibn Arabi, and is described as a turn from essence to existence. His main work is known as the Four Journeys.