kamilia2025@ :
I think Muhammad is inspire from An Iranian Muslim scholar from the city of Tus, who lived during the same period,
and had similar background
he was known as Nasir al-Din al-Tusi. His actual name was Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Tusi. His father was a scholar and jurist who died young. Following in his father's footsteps, he traveled to Nishapur to pursue knowledge. He excelled in astronomy, mathematics, and physics. When the Mongols attacked Tus, then Nishapur, and all the other cities of Khorasan, he sought refuge in the fortresses of the Ismaili state. Later, he made numerous contributions to their state, moving from one stronghold to another. Years later, he was captured by Hulagu, grandson of Genghis Khan, after the conquest of Alamut Castle. He escaped with the scholars and physicians because the Mongols wanted to utilize them. This marked the fall of the Ismaili state in Iran, and the Mongol attacks on the Islamic world intensified.
Muhammad al-Tusi was distinguished by his intelligence, which led Hulagu to want to keep him close due to his interest in astrology. Muhammad al-Tusi used this to his advantage and exerted efforts to save as many scholars and ordinary people as he could from the Mongol attack. Al-Tusi managed to convince Hulagu to build a large astronomical observatory, and indeed, in 657 AH/1259 CE, he established the observatory in the city of Maragheh, making it the first scientific academy in the modern sense. It housed over 400,000 volumes containing invaluable books on various sciences, including many books that had been saved from destruction in Baghdad. He also gathered a large number of scholars there, such as Ibn al-Fuwaṭī, Muḥyī al-Dīn al-Maghribī, and many others. Al-Tusi died in Baghdad in 672 AH, a few years after the death of Hulagu and 28 years after the death of Fatima Khatun (Sitara). He was buried in Kadhimiya. It is said that he had three sons with his wife, Fatima, one of whom was a scholar close to him, according to historical records. Many students followed in his footsteps, and he was one of the reasons for the conversion of Hulagu's descendants and a number of Mongols to Islam.
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