Nasir al-Din al-Tusi vs Saadi Shirazi
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Compare the life timelines of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201–1274) and Saadi Shirazi (1210–1291) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 64 years, from 1210 to 1274.
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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
Saadi Shirazi (1210–1291)
- — Born in Shiraz, Persia Verified
- — Orphaned at a young age
- — Left Shiraz to study at the Nizamiyya of Baghdad Verified
- — Decades of travel across the Islamic world Verified
- — Claimed capture by Crusaders in Syria
- — Returned to Shiraz Verified
- — Completed the Bustan (The Orchard) Verified
- — Completed the Gulistan (The Rose Garden) Verified
- — Died in Shiraz Verified