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Before the prophet Muhammad, Persia was the nexus of civilization; the crossroad between the great empires of China, India, Egypt, Greece, and, eventually, Rome. Consequently, the native philosophy was both similar and distinct from each of its peripheries, taking from them in ways both direct and subtle. After him, Persia became the developmental center of Islamic philosophy, from Avicenna’s consolidation of Hellenistic philosophy to its refinement by Ghazali and further development by Razi and his successors. Iqbal’s Development of Metaphysics in Persia traces this discourse from the time of Zoroaster up until the Bab and his student Bahaullah.