starting his intellectual life as a precociously young medical practitioner, quṭb al-dīn shīrāzī (634-710 a.h.) was compelled to wander far and wide in his quest for knowledge. recognized and admired as a savant, and enjoying the patronage of key political figures of his era, shīrāzī's activities as a scholar continued even during his appointment as judge in rūm, and while serving as ambas...

the elements of euclid, sometimes knows as the “the book of euclid”, and in the mathematical texts of the islamic period often referred to as “the book of the elements”, is one of the main sources of islamic mathematics. this paper addresses the history of the translation of this book and its recension by naṣīr al-dīn ṭūsī. then, through a comparison of the first chapter of the fourth part of q...

Oriental poetry is often devoted to romantic, mystical, religious, social, political themes, and written in extremely beautiful soul-shaking tones. Persian poet Shamsiddin Muhammad Ḥāfeẓ-e Shīrāzī (1325-1390) considered the father of Near Eastern Middle lyrics. He connects mystical ghazals Mawlana Rumi romantic Saadi, gives freedom verses ghazal creates a new twist it. Poetry methods: Iham Ibha...

Instead of arguing whether or not Sayyid ʿAlī Muḥammad Shīrāzī (the Bāb, 1819–1850) and his writings are Islamic, this paper suggests that they simultaneously Islamic post-Islamic. The Bāb’s Qayyūm al-asmāʾ, written at the outset Bābī movement in 1844, can be understood as a commentary on Quran, original divine revelation. Although Bāb gradually disclosed identity to public, status (associated ...

quṭb al-dīn al-shīrāzī (634h/1236ce-710h/1311ce) wrote four major works on astronomy: nihāyat al‐idrāk fī dirāyat al‐aflāk (“the utmost attainment in comprehending the orbs), in arabic, first edition completed mid-shaʿbān 680/november 1281); the ikhtiyārāt‐i muẓaffarī (“selections for muẓaffar al-dīn arslan” [a minor ruler in qasṭamūnī (modern kastamonu, turkey)], in persian, completed sometime...