Sohrevardi Day · Ruz-e Sohrevardi

Culture of origin: Iranian · Cultural

Holiday sources: Iran

Shahab al-Din Sohrevardi (1154–1191), born in Sohravard near Zanjan, was a Persian philosopher who founded the Illuminationist school. In his magnum opus, The Philosophy of Illumination, completed in 1186, he saw himself as reviving the wisdom of ancient Persia, and Zoroastrian symbols appear in his works. He was called "the murdered master": by the most common account he was executed for heresy in Aleppo on the order of Saladin's son al-Malik al-Zahir.