A princely pandect on astronomy : Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's Muʿīnīya Epistle and its appendix
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A princely pandect on astronomy : Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī's Muʿīnīya Epistle and its appendix
（Archimedes : new studies in the history and philosophy of science and technology, v. 58）
Springer, c2022
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Bibliography: p. 511-516
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Description
This book presents an English-language translation of Risala-yi Mu'iniya, or the Mu'iniya Epistle. Risala-yi Mu'iniya is one of the earliest known works of Nasir al-Din Tusi (1201-1274), an intellectual luminary of the 13th century CE. The work is notable for the choice of T u si's native Persian as the language of the text. In addition, T u si organized his volume into a four-part structure, which went on to become a popular template for the Islamic astronomers who succeeded him.
This book helped ensure the patronage of T u si's courtly patrons during his decades-long stay with the Isma'ilis, as well as the continuation of his remarkable career under the first Ilkhanid rulers of Persia. This translation helps make this notable treatise accessible to English language readers. It is among a handful of English translations of major astronomical works dealing with hay'a/cosmography in the Islamic world.
Subsequently T u si was to pen his own commentary on the work (the Hall-i Mushkilat-i Mu'iniya, or A solution to the difficulties of the Mu'iniya) and he used this occasion to discuss his celebrated mathematical formulation "the T u si Couple" (a concept that he merely hinted at in the Risala-yi Mu'iniya).
Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. Introduction
Chapter 1 T usi's hay'a
Chapter 2 T usi as a Young Scholar
Chapter 3 On the Structure and Contents of Risala-yi Mu'iniya
Part II. Edition and Translation of Risala-yi Mu'iniya
Chapter 4 Book One: On the Introduction to this Science
Chapter 5 Two: On the Configuration of the Celestial Bodies
Chapter 6 Book Three: On the Configuration of the Earth and the Difference in the State of its Regions Due to the Difference in the State of the Celestial Bodies
Chapter 7 Book Four: On the Distances and Bodies
Part III. T usi's Commentary on Risala-yi Mu'iniya
Chapter 8 The Chapters. Appendices
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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