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Nasir Khusrow Started as financier for Seljuk sultan. Spiritual journey to Mecca/Jerusalem (chronicled in Safarnama). Mathematician (treatise lost). Theological and philosophical works. Best known as one of Persia's great poets. Career transformation from finance to philosophy through pilgrimage. #AmericanHistory #Arts #CreativeMinds #CrossDisciplinary #CuriosityDriven #GeneralistMindset #HistoricalFigures #History #IslamicGoldenAge #IslamicHistory #Literature #MathHistory #Mathematics #Persia