Bahmanyar

Abu al-Hasan (ko Abu al-Sayn) Bahmanyar ibn al-Marzban, wanda aka fi sani da Bahmanyar (Persian; ya mutu 1066) masanin Iran ne, wanda aka fi saninsa da ɗaya daga cikin fitattun ɗaliban Avicenna (d. 1037).

 Tarihi 
Bahmanyar ta fito ne daga dangin Zoroastrian, an ruwaito daga Azerbaijan a arewacin Iran. Mahaifinsa na iya zama yarima Bavandid al-Marzuban, wanda ya yi mulki a Mazandaran a ƙarshen karni na 10, kuma shine marubucin Marzban-nama. Ilimin Bahmanyar na Larabci bai cika ba.

 Rayuwa 
Ba a san komai game da Ray Bahmanyar ba. Wataƙila ya fara karatunsa a fannin falsafa tare da Abu al-Qasim al-Kirmani a garin Buyid na Ray a arewacin Iran. A can dukansu biyu sun shiga cikin gwamnati, yayin da suke karanta ayyukan Avicenna. Bahmanyar mai yiwuwa ta kasance wani ɓangare na kotun Buyid a Ray ta hanyar dangantakar iyali da yarima Sayyida Shirin na Bavandid, mijinta Fakhr al-Dawla (r. 984-997) da ɗanta Majd al-Duwla (r.). 997-1029), duka sarakunan Buyid na Ray.

Bahmanyar daga ƙarshe ya fara hulɗa da Avicenna, wanda daga baya zai haifar da halittar al-Mubāḥathāt ("Tattaunawa"), wanda galibi amsoshin tambayoyin da Bahmanyar ya yi. An tattara aikin a wani lokaci tsakanin 1024 da 1037, yayin zaman Avicenna a Isfahan, babban birnin mai mulkin Kakuyid Muhammad ibn Rustam Dushmanziyar (r. 1008-1041).  A cikin aikin, ana kiran Bahmanyar da al-Shaykh al-fāḍil ("mutumin aristocratic").   Bahmanyar da Avicenna sun haɗu da juna a cikin 1014/5 a Ray, lokacin da wannan ya yi aiki ga Sayyida Shirin da Majd al-Dawla.

 Bangaskiya 
Wasu majiyoyi sun yi iƙirarin cewa ya musulunta daga baya a rayuwarsa; duk da haka, majiyoyin farko game da shi ba su yi tsokaci kan wannan ba. Babban aikinsa Kitāb al-taḥṣīl ba shi da tabbas game da imaninsa. Duk da cewa gabatarwa da kammala littafin an yi su ne bisa ga halaye da halayen Musulmi, ba a san ko waɗannan ɓangare ne na ainihin sigar littafin ba ko kuma daga baya sakatarorin suka ƙara. Duk da haka, har yanzu yana da yiwuwa cewa ya musulunta, saboda yadda yake tunani kan tambayoyi game da haɗin kai na Allah da gwagwarmayar da ke tsakanin nagarta da mugunta, wanda Bahmanyar ya sanya a cikin tsarin da aka ƙirƙira, sabanin imanin Zoroastrian wanda ke haɗa shi da ainihin allahntaka.  Bugu da ƙari, kunyarsa Abu al-Husayn na iya zama wata alama ta rikidewa zuwa Musuluncin Shi'a.

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