Kamal al-Din Maytham ibn Ali (Arabic: كمال الدين ميثم ابن علي, romanized: Kamāl al-Dīn Maytham ibn ʿAlī; 1238–1299), commonly known by the nisba al-Bahrani (Arabic: البحراني, romanized: al-Baḥrānī), was a leading thirteenth-century Twelver Shia theologian, author and philosopher.
[1] Along with Kamal al-Din Ibn Sa’adah al Bahrani, Jamal al-Din ‘Ali ibn Sulayman al-Bahrani, Maytham Al Bahrani was part of a thirteenth-century Bahrain school of theology that emphasised rationalism.
[2] At the same time, Maytham Al Bahrani was profoundly influenced by the disciplines of philosophy and mysticism.
[4]In the thirteenth century, Twelvers – particularly mystics[5] – were a growing influence in Bahrain, which had previously been dominated by the Ismaili Qarmatian sect.
[citation needed] The Bahrain school of thought's integration of philosophy and mysticism into Imami Shi'ism had an enduring legacy, influencing fourteenth-century theologians such as Ibn Abi Jumhur al-Ahsai'i.