An element shared by sociology and history, and to a certain extent by social or cultural anthropology as well, is their claim to study society as a whole. Whereas economy, law, political science, religious studies or linguistics concentrate on a single aspect of society, the aforementioned disciplines aspire to integrate all aspects into a comprehensive and coherent picture. This requires, fir...

The master economist must possess a rare combination of gifts. ... He must be mathematician, historian, statesman, philosopher to some degree.

khatib tabrizi is a famous scholar from fifth hijry century. he has been named with positive and negative characteristics. this article studies and judges the things he has been accused of or appraised for. also his scientific status and historian views about him and his role in literature are discussed in the present article.