Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was a 13th-century Persian polymath renowned for his influential works in astronomy, mathematics, philosophy, and theology.

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instanceOf Persian scholar
astronomer
mathematician
person
philosopher
polymath
theologian
alsoKnownAs Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
surface form: Khwaja Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
surface form: Nasir al-Din Tusi
birthName Nasir al-Din al-Tusi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi
contributedTo development of trigonometry as an independent discipline
planetary models
spherical trigonometry
countryOfCitizenship Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanate

Khwarazmian Empire
dateOfBirth 1201
dateOfDeath 1274
employer Hülegü Khan
surface form: Hulagu Khan

Mongol Ilkhanate
surface form: Ilkhanate
era 13th century
ethnicGroup Persians
fieldOfWork astronomical instrumentation
astronomy
ethics
logic
mathematics
philosophy
theology
founded Maragha observatory
influenced Ibn al-Shatir
Nicolaus Copernicus
influencedBy Avicenna
surface form: Ibn Sina

Al-Farabi
surface form: al-Farabi

Al-Khwarizmi
surface form: al-Khwarizmi
knownFor Tusi couple
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic
Persian language
surface form: Persian
movement Islamic Golden Age
notableWork Akhlaq-i Nasiri
Risala fi al-tanjim
Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat
surface form: Sharh al-Isharat wa-l-tanbihat

Tadhkira fi ilm al-hay'a
Tahrir al-Majisti
Zij-i Ilkhani
placeOfActivity Alamut
Baghdad
Maragheh
surface form: Maragha
placeOfBirth Khorasan
Persia
Tus
placeOfDeath Baghdad
positionHeld court astronomer
director of Maragha observatory
vizier
religion Islam
religiousDenomination Twelver Shia
surface form: Twelver Shia Islam
wroteOn astronomy
ethics
logic
mathematics
metaphysics
theology

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Islamic Golden Age notableScholar Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Islamic philosophy majorFigure Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Mongol Ilkhanate notableScholar Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Islamic astronomy hasKeyFigure Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Islamic mathematics majorFigure Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Ulugh Beg influencedBy Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi birthName Nasir al-Din al-Tusi self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi alsoKnownAs Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
this entity surface form: Khwaja Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi alsoKnownAs Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
this entity surface form: Nasir al-Din Tusi
Ibn Miskawayh influenced Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Mulla Sadra influencedBy Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Maragha observatory foundedBy Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Maragha observatory director Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Tusi couple namedAfter Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Tusi couple inventedBy Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Al-Qushji influencedBy Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Qadi Zada al-Rumi influencedBy Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Jamshid al-Kashi influencedBy Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat influenced Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Al-Isharat wa al-Tanbihat commentedOnBy Nasir al-Din al-Tusi