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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Al-Tusi was a polymath whose work influenced both philosophical theology and mathematical astronomy.

BORN 1201 CE · Tus, KhurasanDIED 1274 CE · Baghdad, IraqERA Mongol
NOTABLE CONTRIBUTION

Combined philosophy, theology, ethics, and astronomy while leading the Maragha observatory.

THE RECORD
  • He helped establish the Maragha observatory after the Mongol conquest.
  • His astronomical models contributed to later planetary theory.
  • His ethical and theological writings became widely studied.
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