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<CENTER><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT size=+3>Nasir al-Din Tusi </FONT></FONT></CENTER>

<CENTER><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT size=+3>and His </FONT></FONT></CENTER>

<CENTER><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT size=+3>Socio-Political Role </FONT></FONT></CENTER>

<CENTER><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT size=+3>in the </FONT></FONT></CENTER>

<CENTER><FONT color=#ff0000><FONT size=+3>Thirteenth Century</FONT></FONT> <BR>&nbsp; </CENTER>

<CENTER><FONT size=+2>by&nbsp;</FONT> <BR><FONT size=+2>Abbas Ali Shameli</FONT>&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;<BR>&nbsp; </CENTER>

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