Lot Essay
The Ikhwan al-Safar or Brotherhood of Purity was a mysterious society of scholars holding liberal views and belonging to the Persian Shia house of Buwayh which flourished in the mid-10th century.
Their intellectual activities aimed at a reconciliation of science and religion, and attempted to harmonise Greek philopophy with Islam. It was an enlightened circle based at the court of the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad.
Their intellectual activities aimed at a reconciliation of science and religion, and attempted to harmonise Greek philopophy with Islam. It was an enlightened circle based at the court of the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad.