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Science and Society in Medieval Islam: Nasir al-Din Tusi and the Politics of Patronage

Posted on:2015-05-04Degree:Ph.DType:Dissertation
University:Yale UniversityCandidate:Jorati, HadiFull Text:PDF
GTID:1475390017996820Subject:Middle Eastern history
Abstract/Summary:
In this dissertation the career of the thirteenth century mathematician and philosopher Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Tusi is revisited, to highlight the lines of patronage in his career and to make sense of the contradictory reports on its various aspects.
Keywords/Search Tags:Career
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