Ibn al-Nafis vs Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
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Compare the life timelines of Ibn al-Nafis (1213–1288) and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 61 years, from 1213 to 1274.
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Ibn al-Nafis (1213–1288)
- — Born near Damascus Verified
- — Studied medicine at the Nuri hospital in Damascus Verified
- — Moved to Cairo Verified
- — Practiced and taught at the Nasiri hospital in Cairo Verified
- — Described the pulmonary circulation of the blood Verified
- — Worked on the vast medical encyclopedia al-Shamil fi al-Tibb Verified
- — Served as chief physician of Egypt Verified
- — Wrote the philosophical novel Theologus Autodidactus Verified
- — Bequeathed his house and library to the Mansuri hospital Verified
- — Died in Cairo Verified
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274)
- — Born in Tus, Khorasan Verified
- — Studied the sciences in Nishapur Verified
- — Entered the service of the Ismaili strongholds Verified
- — Wrote the Akhlaq-i Nasiri (Nasirean Ethics) Verified
- — Devised the Tusi couple and reformed Ptolemaic astronomy Verified
- — Joined Hulagu Khan after the fall of Alamut Verified
- — Founded the Maragheh observatory Verified
- — Completed the Zij-i Ilkhani astronomical tables Verified
- — Died in Baghdad Verified