Author: Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm Shahrastānī
Alternate names: Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm al-Shahrastānī; Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karīm Shahrastānī; Muḥammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karīm Shahrastānī; Muḥammad ibn A̓bd al-Karīm Shahrastānī; Muḥammad ibn `Abd al-Karĭm̄ Shahrastānī; Muhammad ibn 'Abd al Karim al-Shahrastani; Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Fath Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Karīm ash-Shahrastānī; تاج الدين أبو الفتح محمد بن عبد الكريم الشهرستاني; Muhammad al-Shahrastānī; Muhammad al-Shahrastani; Muhammad ibn ʻAbd al-Karim Shahrastani; Mu hammad ibn  Abd al-Karīm Shahrastānī
Title: al-Shahrastani
Born: 1086?
Died: 1153
Bio: Influential Persian historian of religions, a historiographer, Islamic scholar, philosopher and theologian