Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Fath Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Karīm ash-Shahrastānī, also known as Muhammad al-Shahrastānī, was an influential Persian historian of religions, a historiographer, Islamic scholar, philosopher and theologian. Wikipedia
Born: 1086, Bunjikat
Died: 1153 (age 67 years), Bunjikat
Notable work(s): Al-Milal wa al-Nihal, Nihayat al-Iqdam fi 'Ilm al-Kalam