Background
As the genealogy in his full name shows, his grandfather was originally from the city of Qum but Nizam was born in Nishapur.
As the genealogy in his full name shows, his grandfather was originally from the city of Qum but Nizam was born in Nishapur.
He studied under and worked with Qutb al-Din Shirazi, who was himself a student of Nasir al-Din Tusi.
His full name was Nizam al-Din Hasan ibn Mohammad ibn Hossein Qumi Nishapuri. His early education was in the city of Nishapur but he later moved to Tabriz, the capital of Il-Khanids at the time. He was one of the great scientists of Maragheh observatory.