The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (158 page)

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al-
s
, Nas
r al-D
n
(1201–74 (AH 598–673)).
Shi‘ite scholar and theologian. Born in
s (hence the name), he worked under an
Ism

l
ruler in Alam
t (the centre for the
Assassins
), and wrote Ism

l
works of accepted and great authority, but his own personal allegianace is uncertain. He compiled the astronomical tables known as
Z
j al-Kh
n
, and introduced into astronomy ‘the
s

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