Description: (Religious leader)
Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsá'í was a prominent Shia Muslim theologian and jurist who founded the influential Shaykhí school of Twelver Shiism. Educated in Bahrain and theological centers in Iraq, he spent his last twenty years in Iran under the protection of Qajar princes. Diverging from the Usuli school, he focused on eschatology, the role of ulama, and interpreting mystical hadith. Accused of heresy, he often practiced Taqayya. His teachings influenced followers in Iran and Iraq, some of whom later converted to Bábism and the Bahá'í faith.