Nasir al-Din Tusi and the Mongols
The Politics of Patronage in Medieval Islam
$491.40
- Hardcover
272 pages
- Release Date
31 May 2027
Summary
Nasir al-Din Tusi (d. 1274) was one of the most prominent scholars of medieval Islam, with a remarkable political career. He abandoned his Ismaili patrons to join the victorious Mongol armies, taking part in the Fall of Baghdad and the execution of the last Caliph. The accounts of his life in Arabic and Persian at times laud him as an outstanding scholar and prudent politician; at other times, they condemn him for his treachery and anti-Islam activity.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399555999 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399555995 |
| Author: | Dr Hadi Jorati |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Imprint: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 31 May 2027 |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Edinburgh Studies in Classical Islamic History and Culture |
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Dr Hadi Jorati
Hadi Jorati holds a PhD in Mathematics from Princeton University and a PhD in Near East Studies from Yale University. He is currently an Assistant Professor of History and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.
His research interests lie in the History of Science and the intellectual heritage of Islamic Societies, with a particular emphasis on Iran and the Pre-modern Persianate world. His ongoing projects investigate scholar-administrators in Medieval Islam, as well as the structure and ideology of patronage for the intellectual sciences within Islamic courts.
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