Talk:Nasīr al-Dīn al-Tūsī

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Contents 1 General Discussion 2 Topics to add 3 Comments on the Biography 4 no appropriate reference for tusi being azarbayejani 5 Copyedit 6 WikiProject class rating

[edit] General Discussion

EsatErbili 14:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)EsatErbili

Trying to fix up the page by adding more detail and in particular references! I have two so far that are useful which I have referred to in the article. The Dabashi article is quite long and detailed and contains many references itself.

[edit] Topics to add

EsatErbili 14:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)EsatErbili

• Tusi's Theology
• Tusi's Philosophy - Contribution to Logic, Thoughts on Ethics
• Contribution to Mathematics
• Contribution to Medicine
• Contribution to Astronomy (!)

[edit] Comments on the Biography

There was a sentence, "... born probably to Azerbaijanian parents ...", in the article that was deleted by an anonymos contributor, reasoned in "Edit summary" by "removed baseless speculation about his parents. the person who injected this info also put "Turkick" for Atilla in that article. for sure a calculated move". Wish (s)he had mentioned the case in the Talk page. Anyway, I leave this note in talk page for those who can verify this case. --Pouya 10:56, 4 Jan 2005 (UTC)

EsatErbili 14:52, 11 November 2006 (UTC)Esaterbili I removed the reference to the name "Abu Jafar Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Hasan Nasir al-Din al-Tusi" because I plan on referring to his father (which fixes the whole geneological system) as Muhammad Ibn Al-Hasan (reference 1)

whoa whadda name . . . 136.242.228.164 09:15, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It's like a geneological system. It's a mix of patronymics and an Arabic system of naming what you are father of. I think it amounts to "Nasir al-Din al-Tusi: Son of Al-Hasan, son of Muhammad, father to Jafar", but I'm not certain there.--T. Anthony 10:50, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] no appropriate reference for tusi being azarbayejani

i removed the claim that he was azerbayejani. i checked the reference given. it is stated there that he is believed to have been born to an azeri family. this is in contradiction to all other references on tusi that i have found. please do not add it again. among 11 references i checked the russian book cited was the only one with that claim. baihaghi31jan2007. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 129.70.50.107 (talk) 01:31, 31 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Copyedit

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