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Death of Nasir al-Din Tusi
On June 26, 1274, Persian scholar Nasir al-Din Tusi died near Baghdad at about seventy-four, marking a turning point in the Ilkhanate's scientific go…
Timeline
- 1273–1274Maragheh to Baghdad · MesopotamiaAfter more than a decade directing work at the Maragheh observatory, Tusi answered the summons of Ilkhan Abaqa and traveled to Baghdad, continuing to organize his astronomical and philosophical writings en route or after arrival, leaving a large body of manuscripts for Islamic mathematical science.
- 1274Baghdad · BaghdadTusi died on June 26, 1274, and was buried at Qazvin. His astronomical, geometric, and philosophical works continued to circulate after his death through Arabic and Latin translations, profoundly influencing medieval Islamic and European science.
Sources
- Nasir al-Din al-Tusi — F. Jamil Ragep
- A History of Islamic Philosophy — Majid Fakhry (2004)