RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Shaykh Tusi

995 - 1067

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Shaykh Tusi (Persian: شیخ طوسی), full name Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi (Arabic: ابو جعفر محمد بن الحسن الطوسي, romanized: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī), known as Shaykh al-Ta'ifah (Arabic: شيخ الطائفة, romanized: Shaykh al-Ṭāʾifah) was a Persian scholar of the Twelver school of Shia Islam. He is the author of two of the Four Books of hadith; namely, Tahdhib al-Ahkam and al-Istibsar, and is believed to have founded the Hawza of Najaf. In addition, he was a scholar of ʾUṣūl al-Fiqh and is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential thinkers in Shi’i history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shaykh Tusi is the 1,202nd most popular religious figure (down from 1,071st in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Iran (down from 179th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shaykh Tusi ranks 1,202 out of 3,187. Before him are Santos Abril y Castelló, Friedrich Wetter, Henri de Lubac, Didymus the Blind, 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, and Blase J. Cupich. After him are Philippe Ouédraogo, George Fox, Angelo Comastri, Antipope Victor IV, Peter Claver, and Adhemar of Le Puy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 995, Shaykh Tusi ranks 3. Before him are Cnut the Great, and Haakon Ericsson. After him are Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, Richeza of Lotharingia, Muniadona of Castile, John Gualbert, Wipo of Burgundy, Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, Herman III, Duke of Swabia, and Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi. Among people deceased in 1067, Shaykh Tusi ranks 6. Before him are Lady Godiva, Constantine X Doukas, Emperor Yingzong of Song, Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, and Sancha of León. After him are John Komnenos, and Cai Xiang.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shaykh Tusi ranks 180 out of 631. Before him are Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942), Apama (-400), Harpagus (-700), Sadegh Hedayat (1903), and Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135). After him are Shapour Bakhtiar (1914), Mehdi Bazargan (1907), Hussein-Ali Montazeri (1922), Timur Shah Durrani (1748), Al-Karaji (953), and Ahmad ibn Rustah (null).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Shaykh Tusi ranks 19. Before him are Anastasius of Persia (550), Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), Al-Juwayni (1028), Al-Bayhaqi (994), and Piruz Nahavandi (700). After him are Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), Aga Khan II (1830), Ibn Babawayh (918), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), and Ibn Khuzayma (838).

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