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Also Known As Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī
Born February 18, 1201 • Khorāsān
Died June 26, 1274 (aged 73) • Baghdad • Khorāsān
Notable Works “Akhlāq-i Naṣīrī”

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