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The writings of Nasir al-Din al-Tusi illustrate the high level of intellectual life at the Nizari Ismaili fortress of Alamut – Ismailimail

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Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi, better known as Nasir al-Din Tusi, one of the major intellectual scholars of the thirteenth century who contributed to many fields of learning, was …

by Nimira Dewji Posted on February 17, 2022 February 22, 2022 Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi, better known as Nasir al-Din Tusi, one of the major intellectual scholars of the thirteenth century who contributed to many fields of learning, was born on 18 February 1201 in Tus, northeastern Persia, into a Twelver Shi’i (Ithna’ashari) family. His father, a jurist, encouraged al-Tusi to study a range of intellectual disciplines. In his autobiographical work Sayr wa suluk (‘ Contemplation and Action ‘), al-Tusi “gives a brief account of his intellectual growth. After mastering all the sci

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