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BahaudDin

BahaudDin is a name that appears in medieval Islamic historiography, attached to several figures. The article here focuses on a widely cited BahaudDin, a scholar and Sufi master believed to have been active in the late 13th to early 14th centuries in the eastern Islamic world (roughly the regions of Khurasan, Transoxiana, and northern Iran).

Biographical details are scarce and often conflicting. Birthplace, lineage, and exact dates remain uncertain; most information

Authorship and works: Attribution of writings to BahaudDin is tentative; several manuscripts and catalogues attribute treatises

Legacy: In later literature, BahaudDin figures as a representative of the Persianate synthesis of law and mysticism;

comes
from
hagiographical
and
biographical
dictionaries
compiled
centuries
later.
Contemporary
sources
generally
describe
him
as
well-versed
in
religious
sciences—fiqh,
kalam,
and
hadith—and
as
engaged
in
mystical
practice
and
teaching.
on
jurisprudence,
ethics,
and
Sufi
doctrine
to
him,
though
some
attributions
are
disputed
or
anonymous.
His
teaching
is
said
to
emphasize
the
compatibility
of
rigorous
scholarship
with
inner
devotion,
and
to
stress
ethical
conduct,
spiritual
guidance,
and
communal
responsibility.
cited
by
commentators
in
biographical
lexicons
and
referenced
in
studies
of
Sufi
networks
of
the
region.
Modern
scholars
often
treat
him
as
a
case
study
of
how
medieval
scholars
navigated
the
interface
between
orthodoxy
and
mysticism.
Because
of
uncertainties
about
texts
and
dates,
the
figure
remains
a
topic
of
ongoing
research.