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Astronomy in Safavid Persia: Bahāʾ al-Dīn ʿĀmilī and the Patronage of Science
(2021-08-05)This dissertation offers the first account of a scientific tradition in theoretical astronomy (ʿilm al-hayʾa) initiated by Bahāʾ al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī (1547-1621), a polymath and a chief jurisconsult in the Safavid monarchy ...