Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Persian astronomer (1201–1274)
Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tūsī was an architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian from Persia. He was born in 1201 and died in 1274.[3]
Naṣīr al-Dīn Ṭūsī | |
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نصیرالدین طوسی | |
Title | Khawaja Nasir |
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Born | 18 February 1201 Tus, Khurasan, Khwarazmid Empire |
Died | 26 June 1274 Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Ilkhanate | (aged 73)
Religion | Islam |
Ethnicity | Persian |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Region | Persia (Iran) |
Denomination | Shia |
Jurisprudence | Ja'fari |
Creed | Ismai'ili (Initially) Twelver[1] |
Main interest(s) | Kalam, Islamic Philosophy, Astronomy, Mathematics, Biology and Medicine, Physics, Science |
Notable idea(s) | Spherical trigonometry, Tusi couple |
Notable work(s) | Tajrid al-I'tiqad, Zij-i ilkhani, Rawḍa-yi Taslīm, Akhlaq-i-Nasri, al-Risalah al-Asturlabiyah, Al-Tadhkirah fi 'Ilm al-Hay'ah (Memoir on the Science of Astronomy) |
Teachers | Kamal al-Din Yunus |
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