Abū al-Qāsim Findiriskī (ca. 970–1050/1563–1640), often referred to as Mīr Findiriskī, a philosopher scholar of the Ṣafawid era and a prominent representative of the ‘School of Iṣfahān’. Mīr Findiriskī came from a family of sayyids from Astarābād (modern Gurgan). His grandfather, Mīr Ṣadr al-Dīn, was a landowner in the village of Findirisk, a dependency of Astarābād, who left his native village due to local disturbances and joined the retinue of Shāh Ṭahmāsp I. Mīr Findiriskī’s father, Mīrzā Beg, …