Kamal al-Din al-Farisi

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Kamal al-Din al-Farisi was a medieval Persian mathematician and physicist best known for his pioneering work in optics, particularly his detailed explanation of the rainbow and refinement of Ibn al-Haytham’s optical theories.

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Kamal al-Din al-Farisi canonical 3
al-Farisi 1

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instanceOf Persian scholar ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
optics researcher ⓘ
person ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
contributedTo development of physical optics ⓘ
mathematical methods in optics ⓘ
understanding of atmospheric phenomena ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ilkhanate ⓘ
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate
educatedAt Maragha observatory ⓘ
schools of Tabriz ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age (late phase) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Golden Age

medieval period ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
familyName al-Farisi ⓘ
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
optics ⓘ
physics ⓘ
givenName Kamal al-Din ⓘ
linked to: Kamāl al-Dīn
influencedBy Ibn al-Haytham ⓘ
Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi ⓘ
linked to: Qutb al-Din Shirazi
knownFor analysis of primary and secondary rainbows ⓘ
detailed explanation of the rainbow ⓘ
experimental study of refraction in water droplets ⓘ
mathematical treatment of refraction and reflection ⓘ
refinement of Ibn al-Haytham’s theory of vision ⓘ
use of glass spheres filled with water to model rainbows ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
mainInterest geometrical optics ⓘ
mathematical analysis of light ⓘ
name Kamal al-Din al-Farisi ⓘ
notableWork Kitab al-Basair fi ‘Ilm al-Basr ⓘ
Tanqih al-Manazir ⓘ
commentary on Ibn al-Haytham’s Kitab al-Manazir ⓘ
explanation of the rainbow ⓘ
refinement of Ibn al-Haytham’s optical theories ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
physicist ⓘ
placeOfActivity Maragha ⓘ
linked to: Maragheh

Tabriz ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
studentOf Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi ⓘ
linked to: Qutb al-Din Shirazi
usedMethod experimental observation ⓘ
geometrical analysis ⓘ
ray tracing in transparent media ⓘ

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Islamic optics → majorFigure → Kamal al-Din al-Farisi ⓘ
Kamal al-Din al-Farisi → name → Kamal al-Din al-Farisi ⓘ
Kamal al-Din al-Farisi → familyName → al-Farisi ⓘ
linked to: Kamal al-Din al-Farisi
Tanqih al-Manazir → author → Kamal al-Din al-Farisi ⓘ