Reading the Stars at the Ottoman Court: Bāyezīd II (r. 886/1481-918/1512) and His Celestial Interests.

This study seeks to determine the extent of the patronage of the science of the stars ('ilm al-nuǧūm) at the court of the eighth Ottoman sultan Bāyezīd II (r. 886/1481- 918/1512). Throughout the medieval and early modern Islamicate world munaǧǧims (astronomer-astrologers) offered rulers their expert...

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Publicado en:	Arabica Vol. 64; no. 3/4; pp. 557 - 609
Autor principal:	Şen, Ahmet Tunç
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Brill Academic Publishers 2017
Materias:	Polity (Religion) History of Islam Astrology Cultural history Medieval astronomy
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