Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
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 | |
 Iranian stamp for the 700th anniversary of his death | |
| Title | Khawaja Nasir |
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| Born | 18 February 1201 Tus, Khurasan, Khwarazmid Empire |
| Died | 26 June 1274 (aged 73) Al-Kadhimiya Mosque, Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Ilkhanate |
| 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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Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi Media
A Treatise on the Astrolabe by Tusi, Isfahan 1505
Tusi couple from Vat. Arabic ms 319
Animation representing the Tusi-couple
The Astronomical Observatory of Nasir al-Dīn Tusi.
A stamp issued in the republic of Azerbaijan in 2009 honoring Tusi
References
- ↑ Cooper, John (1998). "al-Tusi, Khwajah Nasir (1201-74)". Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Routledge.
- ↑ Shams al‐Dīn al‐Bukhārī at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ↑ Naṣīr Al-Dīn Al-Ṭūsī (1201–1274)