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Maragha

Maragha, in Azerbaijan province of northwestern Iran, was a capital of the Ilkhanid Mongols and the site of the famous observatory founded around 1259 by Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (d. 1274) under Hulagu Khan, where al-Tusi and a team including Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi advanced astronomy. The shrine of the philosopher al-Suhrawardi is associated with the region's intellectual history.

12 most-discussed ideas

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Ideas shaped here

Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Maragha. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.