Prisoner of Al Hakim Steffens BradleyPaperback
Prisoner of Al Hakim Steffens BradleyPaperback Despite being one of the most brilliant mathematicians in the Abbasid caliphate, Alhasan Ibn al-Haytham makes a quiet living in Basra as a scholar and…
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Prisoner of Al Hakim Steffens BradleyPaperback
Despite being one of the most brilliant mathematicians in the Abbasid caliphate, Alhasan Ibn al-Haytham makes a quiet living in Basra as a scholar and copyist. The "mad king" of the Fatimid caliphate wants Alhasan to utilize his brilliance to dam the mighty Nile River. He's preparing to write a new treatise on vision and light when a strange man wearing unusual clothes kidnaps him and takes him to Cairo, for a meeting with the caliph, Al-Hakim.
Alhasan's incredible journey will lead him to the brink of ruin - and perhaps to his most monumental discovery. What follows is the kind of adventure that the quiet, reserved Alhasan could never have imagined. A novel about one of history's most overlooked scholars, The Prisoner of Al-Hakim is filled with vivid characters, thrilling scenes, and rich philosophical debates.
It's a story about how love, faith, and knowledge are ultimately