SCHOLARS GROWING IN HERAT AND SISTAN DURING THE GREAT SELJUK PERIOD

Abstract

The Great Seljuk State ruled as an important power in Central Asia and Iran from the mid-11th century onwards. During this period, regions such as Herat and Sistan became centers of science and culture in the Islamic world, and many important scholars were trained. The Seljuk rulers gave great importance to science and art, and encouraged developments in mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, medicine, literature and religious sciences in particular. Thanks to this, cities such as Herat and Sistan became one of the leading scientific centers of the period. Herat was one of the important cultural and religious centers of the Great Seljuk State, and was especially known for its madrasahs and libraries. The scholars who were trained here both contributed to Islamic thought and left works that paved the way for scientific developments in the Western world. Important studies were carried out in Herat, especially in fields such as mathematics, astronomy and theology. Sistan, on the other hand, was an important region of the Seljuk period, and many scientists and thinkers were trained here. Scholars from Sistan were well-versed in sciences such as logic, philosophy and Sufism, and gave direction to important currents of thought of the period. The contributions of scholars who grew up in Herat and Sistan during the Great Seljuk period had an important place not only in the Islamic world of the period, but also in the history of world science. These scholars showed their influence not only in their own geography, but also in distant lands.