Baghdad
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was one of the great scholars of the 13th century, a philosopher, theologian, mathematician and astronomer who founded the observatory at…
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi was one of the great scholars of the 13th century, a philosopher, theologian, mathematician and astronomer who founded the observatory at Maragha and wrote influential works on ethics, logic and astronomy. He passed away in Baghdad in 672 AH. At his own request he was buried at Kadhimiya, close to the graves of Imam Musa al-Kazim and Imam Muhammad al-Jawad, and his grave is inside the shrine sanctuary today.