Nasir al-Din al Tusi Memoir on Astronomy
Mirza Firuz Shah
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Subject:
Science and Technology
Subclass:
Astronomy
Reign:
Humayun II 1857-1877
Subject Year (Time):
1870
Author:
F.J . Ragep
Volume:
l
Edition:
Publisher & Place:
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.; Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993 edition (7 May 2013)
Publisher Date:
2013
Languages:
English
ISBN 10|13:
9781475722437 l 9781475722437
Royal Mughal Ref:
ARC-1000001-2426
Description
Abu Jacfar Muhammad b. Muhammad b. al-Ijlasan Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was
born on Saturday (at dawn according to Ridawil), 11 Jumada I, 597 H./17 February
1201 A.D. in Tiis or its environsz and died in Baghdad (at sunset according
to Bahrani3), 18 Dhii Hl~HIjjH 672 H./25 June 1274 A.D. In a remarkable
century that began with the death of Chu Hsi and further witnessed the birth,
death or both of such luminaries as Roger Bacon, Ibn °Arabi, Maimonides,
Gregory Chioniades, Ibn Taymiyya, Thomas Aquinas and Levi ben Gerson,
Tfisi’s breadth and depth of learning stand out.
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