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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
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Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

Astronomer

Born 18 February 1201 · died 26 June 1274, aged 73
Also known as Khajeh Nasir Toosi, Nasîroddîn Tûsî, Alnaaṣīr alṭuuwsy

Who was alive at the same time as Nasir al-Din al-Tusi?

  1. Maimonides, c. 1137 – 1204
  2. Pope Innocent III, 1160s – 1216
  3. Genghis Khan, 1162 – 1227
  4. Ibn Arabi, 1165 – 1240
  5. John, King of England, 1166 – 1216
  6. Pope Gregory IX, 1170 – 1241
  7. Shota Rustaveli, 1172 – 1216
  8. Francis of Assisi, c. 1182 – 1226
  9. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1194 – 1250
  10. Albertus Magnus, c. 1200 – 1280
  11. Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, 1201 – 1274
  12. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  13. Saadi Shirazi, c. 1210 – 1292
  14. Nasreddin, 1208 – 1284
  15. Louis IX of France, c. 1215 – 1270
  16. Kublai Khan, 1215 – 1294
  17. Roger Bacon, c. 1220 – 1292
  18. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  19. Pope Boniface VIII, 1235 – 1303
  20. Edward I, 1239 – 1307
  21. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  22. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  23. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  24. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305

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When Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was born, Genghis Khan was 38, Shota Rustaveli was 28 or 29, John, King of England was 34, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor was 6 and Ibn Arabi was 35.

When Nasir al-Din al-Tusi died, Marco Polo was 19, Kublai Khan was 58, Osman I was 15, William Wallace was 3 or 4 and Nasreddin was 65 or 66.

Born during Nasir al-Din al-Tusi’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Marco Polo, Thomas Aquinas, Rumi, Saadi Shirazi, Kublai Khan, Osman I and Louis IX of France.

Not quite contemporaries: Saladin died about 8 years before Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was born, Averroes died about 3 years before Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was born, Zhu Xi died about a year before Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was born and Richard I of England died about 2 years before Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was born.

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The 72 best-known contemporaries

72 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1238.

  1. Dante Alighieri c. 1265 – 1321
  2. Marco Polo 1254 – 1324
  3. Genghis Khan 1162 – 1227
  4. Thomas Aquinas 1225 – 1274
  5. Rumi 1207 – 1273
  6. Francis of Assisi c. 1182 – 1226
  7. Saadi Shirazi c. 1210 – 1292
  8. Maimonides c. 1137 – 1204
  9. Kublai Khan 1215 – 1294
  10. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  11. Shota Rustaveli 1172 – 1216
  12. Pope Innocent III 1160s – 1216
  13. Albertus Magnus c. 1200 – 1280
  14. Louis IX of France c. 1215 – 1270
  15. Roger Bacon c. 1220 – 1292
  16. John, King of England 1166 – 1216
  17. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 1194 – 1250
  18. Ibn Arabi 1165 – 1240
  19. William Wallace 1270 – 1305
  20. Nasreddin 1208 – 1284
  21. Edward I 1239 – 1307
  22. Pope Boniface VIII 1235 – 1303
  23. Pope Gregory IX 1170 – 1241
  24. Philip IV of France 1268 – 1314
  25. Anthony of Padua 1195 – 1231
  26. Ögedei Khan 1186 – 1241
  27. Pope Celestine V 1215 – 1296
  28. Alexander Nevsky 1220 – 1263
  29. Snorri Sturluson 1179 – 1241
  30. Batu Khan c. 1205 – c. 1255
  31. Philip II of France 1165 – 1223
  32. Hulegu Khan 1217 – 1265
  33. Bonaventure 1221 – 1274
  34. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  35. Amir Khusrau 1253 – 1325
  36. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  37. Pope Honorius III 1148 – 1227
  38. Alfonso X of Castile 1221 – 1284
  39. Pope Clement V 1264 – 1314
  40. Duns Scotus 1266 – 1308
  41. Dominic de Guzmán c. 1172 – 1221
  42. Pope Urban IV c. 1185 – 1264
  43. Henry III of England 1207 – 1272
  44. Pope Gregory X 1210 – 1276
  45. Ramon Llull c. 1233 – c. 1316
  46. Pope Benedict XI 1240 – 1304
  47. Meister Eckhart c. 1260 – c. 1328
  48. Pope Clement IV 1190 – 1268
  49. Pope Nicholas III 1210s – 1280
  50. Pope Innocent V 1225 – 1276
  51. Louis VIII of France 1187 – 1226
  52. Pope Nicholas IV 1227 – 1292
  53. Pope John XXI c. 1213 – 1277
  54. Clare of Assisi 1194 – 1253
  55. Pope Adrian V 1205 – 1276
  56. Pope Martin IV 1220 – 1285
  57. Attar of Nishapur 1145 – 1221
  58. Philip III of France 1245 – 1285
  59. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1124 – 1204
  60. Pope Honorius IV c. 1210 – 1287
  61. Saxo Grammaticus c. 1150 – c. 1213
  62. Jochi 1182 – 1227
  63. Duccio c. 1255 – 1319
  64. Chagatai Khan 1183 – 1242
  65. Tamar of Georgia 1166 – 1213
  66. Walther von der Vogelweide c. 1170 – c. 1230
  67. Elizabeth of Hungary 1207 – 1231
  68. Rudolf I of Germany 1218 – 1291
  69. Charles I of Anjou 1226 – 1285
  70. Cimabue c. 1240 – 1302
  71. Yunus Emre c. 1241 – c. 1321
  72. Razia Sultan c. 1206 – 1240