surveying the life and works of sheikh shihâb al-din fadhl-allâh turân -poshti

sheikh shihâb al-din, abu abdullâh, and fadhl-allâh turan-poshti is one ofthe muhaddithes andfaqihs in the 7th a.h.he is from turan-poshtwhich is one of thevillages located in yazd. there is not sufficient information of his earlylifetime. he used to live in shiraz under farsatabegs` protectionand was later on requested by tarkankhatunto commence teaching attarkani school in kerman. in this article we aimat clarifying different periods of his life,education, his relationship to authority and his belief tendencies based onpersian and arabic sources and finally we have done a survey in his works andhis remaining manuscripts.