The Age of Rūmī (ca. 1200s CE):Knowledge and Patronage through Period Pieces

 http://www.isites.harvard.edu/k86322

Elaheh Kheirandishhttp://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~kheirand

(Reconstructed Image of Maragha Observatory, ca. 1259-: Varjavand, 1987)

Case Studies:

Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn: by Kate Cooper

Shīirāzī, Quṭb al-Dīn: by Ann Naimie

Rāzī, Fakhr al-Dīn: by Eric Dorrington

Sa‘dī, Musliḥ al-Dīn: by Asad Taqi

597/1201 Naşīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī

644/1246 Travels to the Isma’ili fortress of Alamūt Completes Hall mushkilāt “al-Ishārāt,” a commentary on Ibn Sīnā’s Al-Ishārāt wa’l-tanbīhāt

644/1247 Writes recensions of Ptolomy’s Almagest and

646/1248 Euclid’s Elements

654/1256 Alamūt falls to Mongols; Ṭūsībegins his service to the Mongol ruler Hülegü

656/1258 Travels with Hülegü to Baghdad where it falls to Mongols, signifying the end of Abbāsid caliphate

657/1259 Ṭūsī oversees the construction of Marāgha observatory

659/1261 Probably his most important work:al-Tadhkira fi'ilm al-hay'a(Memoir on Astronomy)

672/1274 Ṭūsī dies in Baghdad

Mapping the Journey of ShīrāzīMongol Empire 1260-1294 of Kubli Khan Map 4

http://iranpoliticsclub.net/maps/maps08/

Razi’s Travels

MapA map showing the travels of Sa’adi

Ca. 1210 – 1291/2