Historical figures in Tus
The atlas holds 4 people and 7 moments here, from 721 to 1111. The most recorded lives are Al-Ghazali, Ferdowsi and Avicenna. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Mathematicians, across the Middle Ages and the Islamic Golden Age.
Notable people
Al-Ghazali
from 1058 to 1111
3 moments here
Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ghazali was a Persian Sunni jurist, theologian, philosopher, logician, and mystic.…
Avicenna
in 1012
1 moment here
Ibn Sina (Avicenna; c. 980–22 June 1037) was a Persian philosopher, physician, and court official.…
Ferdowsi
from 940 to 1025
2 moments here
Persian poet Abu'l-Qasim Ferdowsi, author of the Shahnameh. The surviving evidence for his movements is unusually sparse and much later narrative…
Jabir ibn Hayyan
in 721
1 moment here
Jabir ibn Hayyan is the traditional name attached to a large Arabic alchemical corpus. Modern scholarship questions whether a single historical…
Moments
- 721 Traditional birth at Tus Jabir ibn Hayyan
- 940 Birth at Pazh Ferdowsi
- 1012 Westward journey through Tus Avicenna
- 1025 Death at Tus Ferdowsi
- 1058 Birth at Tabaran Al-Ghazali
- 1097 Settlement and private teaching at Tus Al-Ghazali
- 1111 Death at Tus Al-Ghazali