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  "ar": "بهاء الدين العاملي (البهائي)",
  "en": "Baha' al-Din al-'Amili (al-Bahai, 953–1030/1547–1621)"
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  "ar": "بهاء الدين العاملي، محمد بن الحسين، المعروف بالبهائي (953–1030هـ/1547–1621م)، من جبل عامل بسوريا، انتقل إلى فارس، ونال مكانة مرموقة عند الشاه عباس، واشتهر بكتاب «الكشكول»، وله شرح فارسي للفقه الشيعي بعنوان «الجامع العباسي»، ومثنويتان فارسيتان {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 458}.",
  "en": "Baha' al-Din al-'Amili, Muhammad b. Husayn, known as al-Bahai (953-1030 AH, 1547-1621 CE). From Jabal 'Amila in Syria, he moved to Persia and obtained an honoured place at the court of Shah 'Abbas. His best-known work is the anthology al-Kashkul, and he also wrote a Persian exposition of Shi'i fiqh, the Jami'-i 'Abbasi {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 458}."
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   "source": "Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd ed. (Brill), vol. 1, PDF p. 458, entry 'AL-'AMILI, MUHAMMAD B. HUSAYN BAHA' AL-DIN' (unsigned) (EI2 entry, batch ei2-b010 part 3ef; the AL-HURR AL-'AMILI cross-reference in the same row is already covered by person/al-hurr-al-amili)",
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    {
     "heading": "نظرة عامة",
     "markdown": "بهاء الدين العاملي، محمد بن الحسين، المعروف بالبهائي (953–1030هـ/1547–1621م)، وصنّف بالعربية والفارسية في موضوعات شتى. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 458}"
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    {
     "heading": "مسيرته",
     "markdown": "جاء من جبل عامل بسوريا، وانتقل إلى فارس، ونال مكانة مرموقة في بلاط الشاه عباس. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 458}"
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     "heading": "مؤلفاته",
     "markdown": "أشهر كتبه «الكشكول»، وهو مختارات كثيرة الطبع في الشرق. وكتب شرحًا بالفارسية للفقه الشيعي بعنوان «جامع عباسي»، وأعمالًا في الفلك والرياضيات. وهو من شعراء الفارسية، وأشهر مثنوياته «نان وحلوا»، التي رأى إيته أنها كالمدخل لمثنوي جلال الدين الرومي، وثانيها «شير وشكر». {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 458}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Baha' al-Din al-'Amili, known as al-Bahai, was Muhammad b. Husayn, born in 953/1547 and dead in 1030/1621, an author of works in Arabic and Persian on many subjects. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 458}"
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    {
     "heading": "Career",
     "markdown": "He came from Jabal 'Amila in Syria, migrated to Persia and obtained an honoured place at the court of Shah 'Abbas. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 458}"
    },
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     "heading": "Works",
     "markdown": "His best-known work is the anthology al-Kashkul (\"the beggar's bowl\"), often printed in the East. He also wrote an exposition of Shi'i fiqh in Persian, the Jami'-i 'Abbasi, and works on astronomy and mathematics. As a Persian poet he is known for the mathnawi Nan u-halwa, which Ethe considered a kind of introduction to the Mathnawi of Jalal al-Din Rumi, and a second mathnawi, Shir u-shakar. {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 458}"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "جائزہ",
     "markdown": "بہاء الدین عاملی، محمد بن حسین، جو البہائی کے نام سے مشہور ہیں (953–1030ھ/1547–1621ء)، عربی اور فارسی میں مختلف موضوعات پر لکھتے رہے۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 458}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "زندگی",
     "markdown": "وہ شام کے جبلِ عامل سے تعلق رکھتے تھے، فارس چلے گئے اور شاہ عباس کے دربار میں معزز مقام پایا۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 458}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تصانیف",
     "markdown": "ان کی مشہور ترین کتاب «کشکول» ہے، جو مختلف مضامین کا مجموعہ ہے اور مشرق میں بار بار چھپی۔ انہوں نے فارسی میں شیعی فقہ کی شرح «جامعِ عباسی» لکھی، اور فلکیات و ریاضی پر کام کیا۔ وہ فارسی شاعر بھی تھے، ان کی مثنوی «نان و حلوا» مشہور ہے، جسے ایتھے کے نزدیک مولانا روم کی مثنوی کا ایک طرح کا دیباچہ کہا جا سکتا ہے، اور دوسری مثنوی «شیر و شکر» ہے۔ {cite:encyclopaedia-of-islam-2 vol. 1 p. 458}"
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