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The Connections of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
Persian astronomer (1201–1274) Every person recorded alongside Nasir al-Din al-Tusi in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Nasir al-Din al-Tusi in the ledgers of the archive.
- Teachers
- Kamal al-Din bin Younis, Al-Bahrani
- Students
- Abd al-Karim Ibn Tawus, Najm al-Dīn al-Qazwīnī al-Kātibī, Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Ibn al-Mutahhar al-Hilli, Ibn al-Fuwati, Shams al‐Dīn al‐Bukhārī, Hasan ibn Muḥammad Astarābādī, Al-Bahrani
- Influenced by
- Ibn Sina (Avicenna), Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Mu'ayyad al-Din al-'Urdi
- Influenced
- Nicolaus Copernicus
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1201 to 1273.
Medieval era
Rumi
September 30, 1207 – December 17, 1273
Persian poet and Sufi mystic, among the best-selling poets in the world today
Medieval era
Thomas Aquinas
January 25, 1225 – March 7, 1274
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
Medieval era
Francis of Assisi
June 24, 1182 – October 3, 1226
Italian Catholic saint, friar, deacon and preacher and founder of the Franciscan Order (1181/2–1226)
Medieval era
Al-Musta'sim
1213 – February 20, 1258
37th and last Abbasid Caliph (r. 1242–1258)
Medieval era
Eleanor of Aquitaine
1124 – April 1, 1204
Queen consort of France; Queen consort of England; suo jure Duchess of Aquitaine; patroness
Medieval era
King John of England
December 24, 1166 – October 19, 1216
King of England from 1199 to 1216
Medieval era
Genghis Khan
May 31, 1162 – August 25, 1227
Founder of the Mongol Empire, the largest contiguous empire in history
Medieval era
Kublai Khan
1215 – 1294
Founding emperor of the Yuan dynasty, grandson of Genghis Khan (1215–1294)
Medieval era
Osman I
August 23, 1258 – August 1, 1326
Founder of the Ottoman Empire (died 1323/4)
Medieval era
Edward I of England
June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307
King of England from 1272 to 1307
Medieval era
Fibonacci
1170 – c. 1240
Italian mathematician (c.1170–c.1240/50)
Medieval era
Maimonides
March 30, 1138 – December 13, 1204
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)