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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

1201 - 1274

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Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī (1201 – 1274), also known as Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (Arabic: نصیر الدین الطوسی; Persian: نصیر الدین طوسی) or simply as (al-)Tusi, was a Persian polymath, architect, philosopher, physician, scientist, and theologian. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was a well published author, writing on subjects of math, engineering, prose, and mysticism. Additionally, al-Tusi made several scientific advancements. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi has received more than 829,720 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Nasir al-Din al-Tusi is the 234th most popular writer (up from 242nd in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Iran (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Iranian Writer.

Nasir al-din al-tusi was a Persian astronomer and mathematician from the 13th century. He is most famous for his contributions to the study of astronomy.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ranks 234 out of 7,302. Before him are Herman Melville, Snorri Sturluson, Mikhail Bulgakov, Shams Tabrizi, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and Chinghiz Aitmatov. After him are Jaroslav Hašek, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frédéric Mistral, Isabel Allende, Jacob Grimm, and Nikos Kazantzakis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1201, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ranks 1. After him are Daniel of Galicia, Theobald I of Navarre, Baiju, François Grimaldi, Robert de Sorbon, John I of Sweden, Butvydas, Al-Baydawi, Robert I, Latin Emperor, Kebek, and Emperor Mo of Jin. Among people deceased in 1274, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ranks 3. Before him are Thomas Aquinas, and Bonaventure. After him are Robert de Sorbon, Henry I of Navarre, Emperor Duzong, Wonjong of Goryeo, Prince Munetaka, and Lal Shahbaz Qalandar.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ranks 37 out of 631. Before him are Salman the Persian (568), Ferdowsi (940), Hassan Rouhani (1948), Darius II (-475), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), and Shams Tabrizi (1185). After him are Antiochus III the Great (-241), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956), Qasem Soleimani (1957), Jami (1414), and Farah Pahlavi (1938).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ranks 7. Before him are Ismail I (1487), Abu Nuwas (762), Hafez (1325), Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Ferdowsi (940), and Shams Tabrizi (1185). After him are Saadi Shirazi (1210), Jami (1414), Doris Lessing (1919), Attar of Nishapur (1145), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), and Magtymguly Pyragy (1733).

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