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/