Science and Society in Medieval Islam: Nasir al-Din Tusi and the Politics of Patronage
[Thesis]
[Thesis]
[Thesis]
[Thesis]
Hadi Jorati
Gutas, Dimitri; Amanat, Abbas
Yale University
2014
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-321-60324-8
Ph.D.
Yale University
2014
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.
Middle Eastern history; Near Eastern Studies; Medieval history
Social sciences;Ilkhanid History;Iranian Studies/History;Medieval Islam History;Mongol History;Nasir al-Din Tusi;Social History of Science