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iorrus · 2017-11-20 · Original thread
Looking into this further it appears you are correct in that Al-Farabi for instance actually studied in Byzantium for 8 years according to the preface in this book:

https://www.amazon.com/Political-Writings-Regime-Summary-Edi...

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