Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi
1201-1274
Arab Mathematician and Astronomer
In 1259, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi persuaded the Mongol conqueror Hulagu Khan (c. 1217-1265) to establish an observatory at Maragheh in what...
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Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi
1201-1274
Arab astronomer and mathematician who established an observatory at Maragheh (now in Azerbaijan) under the patronage of the Mongol conqueror Hulagu Khan. Al-Tusi designe...
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ṬūSī, Naṣīr Al-Dīn
Nasir Al-Din Al-Tusi