James Montgomery
James Montgomery is Sir Thomas Adams’ professor of Arabic and a fellow of Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge, as well as an executive editor at the Library of Arabic Literature.
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How the Turbulent Politics of Medieval Central Asia Shaped a Polymath’s Achievements
The career of the 11th-century Muslim polymath Abu Rayhan al-Biruni was shaped by the turbulent politics of medieval Central Asia. Yet his life at the mercy of his court patrons and their conflicts gave him the chance to pursue a remarkable career of empirical, open-minded scholarship.