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'''Ẓahīr al-Dīn''' or '''Rafīʿ al-Dīn''', '''Sayyid Ibrāhīm b. Qawām al-Dīn Ḥusayn b. ʿAṭāʾ Allāh Ḥasan Ḥusaynī Hamadānī''', known as '''Ibrāhīm Hamadānī''' and '''Qāḍi Zāda''', was a Shi'a philosopher, [[theosophy|theosophist]], [[jurist]] (faqih), [[hadith scholars]] and [[theology|theologian]] of the 10th/16th and 11th/17th century. He was the judge of [[Hamadan]] for a while during the reign of [[Shah 'Abbas Safavi]]. He was a master of rational sciences to the point that he was titled as "Sultan al-'Ulama'," "'Allama of the time," "Plato" and "Avicenna of the time." He authored several works and passed away in [[1025]]/1616 or [[1026]]/1617.

His full name was not mentioned in old sources close to his time. [['Abd Allah b. 'Isa Afandi|Afandi]] has mentioned him twice inattentively which caused misunderstanding of the following authors. Ibrahim Hamadani is a descendant of [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]]. Although he was counted as one of the descendants of [[Imam al-Hasan (a)]] in ''[[Jami' al-ruwat]]'', '''Alam Ara'' and ''[[Rawzat al-Jannat]]'', he has introduced himself as a descendant of Imam al-Husayn (a).  

During the reign of [[Shah Tahmasb Safavi]], his father was the judge and in charge of [[Shari'a|Shar'i]] affairs in [[Hamadan]]. Therefore, Ibrahim was also known as Qadi Zada (offspring of judge). [[Hazin Lahiji]] has mentioned one of his descendants by the same name "Ibrahim Hamadani," the brother of Najaf Khan Sadr, and due to the similarity of his name to that of his grandfather, he was called "Ibrahim Hamadani the second".

There is no information about his birth date. After his detailed biography, Iskandar Munshi reported that he passed away in [[1026]]/1617; in another place he has mentioned his name among those who passed away in [[1025]]/1616, though. [[Ibn Ma'sum]] and [[Shaykh Hurr al-'Amili]] explicity mentioned 1026 as his demise date. However, Husayni and Ardabili mentioned 1025. Apparently, divergent reports in '''Alam Ara'' has influenced the following sources.

After the death of Shah Tahmasb, Ibrahim Hamadani was appointed as the judge of Hamadan. However, Iskandar Munshi reported that he less frequently judged and most cases were judged by his deputies, as he spent most of his time for reading, discussing and teaching. After that [[Shah 'Abbas the first]] was enthroned, Ibrahim became very close to Shah and according to his saying he went to Shah's courts many times and was honored and respected by Shah.

Ibrahim Hamadani traveled to [[Gilan]], Mecca and [[Georgia]]. In 999/1591 by the order of Shah 'Abbas, he along with a delegation traveled to Gilan for participation in the wedding ceremony of Shahzade Muhammad Baqir to Khan Baygum, the daughter of Khan Ahmad Gilani. In 1007/1598-99, he headed to Mecca for performing [[Hajj]]. It was in Mecca that he met Shaykh Muhammad b. Khatun al-'Amili, the author of glosses on ''Alfiyya'' written by [[Shahid al-Awwal]], and received a certification of narration from him.

* ''Risalat fi tawjih kalam al-Shaykh fi "Ann al-wahid la yasdur 'anh illa al-wahid"'': a treatise explaining and justifying the opinion of Avicenna in answer to Bahmanyar about the philosophical principle "One does not issue expect for one." Manuscripts of this treatise are kept in various libraries.

As Ibrahim Hamadani composed poems as well, some of his poems are found in anthology of Janabdhi. Also, some of his letters are available, including the one to and from al-Shaykh al-Baha'i that has been published in Armaghan Magazine.