Qutb al-Din Shirazi

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Qutb al-Din Shirazi was a 13th-century Persian polymath, philosopher, astronomer, and commentator on Suhrawardi’s Illuminationist philosophy, known for his contributions to optics and astronomical models.

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Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi 4
Qutb al-Din Shirazi canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic scholar ⓘ
commentator on Illuminationist philosophy ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
burialPlace Tabriz ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ilkhanate ⓘ
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate
culture Persian ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1236 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1311 ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age (late phase) ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
familyName Shirazi ⓘ
fieldOfWork Illuminationist philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Illuminationism

Islamic theology ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
logic ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
optics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
givenName Qutb al-Din ⓘ
linked to: Qutb-ud-din
influencedBy Avicenna ⓘ
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ
Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi ⓘ
linked to: Suhrawardi
knownFor commentary on Suhrawardi’s Hikmat al-Ishraq ⓘ
contributions to astronomical models ⓘ
optical explanations of atmospheric phenomena ⓘ
studies of planetary motions ⓘ
work on the nature of the rainbow ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
Persian ⓘ
movement Illuminationist philosophy ⓘ
linked to: Illuminationism

Islamic Peripatetic philosophy ⓘ
name Qutb al-Din Shirazi ⓘ
nativeLanguage Persian ⓘ
linked to: Persian language
notableIdea Illuminationist interpretation of metaphysics ⓘ
refinement of Ptolemaic astronomical models ⓘ
notableWork Durrat al-Taj li-Ghurrat al-Dabbaj ⓘ
Ikhtiyarāt-i Muzaffarī ⓘ
Nihayat al-idrak fi dirayat al-aflak ⓘ
Sharh Hikmat al-Ishraq ⓘ
linked to: Ḥikmat al-Ishrāq
occupation court physician ⓘ
judge ⓘ
qadi ⓘ
placeOfBirth Fars ⓘ
Persia ⓘ
Shiraz ⓘ
linked to: Shiraz, Iran
placeOfDeath Ilkhanate ⓘ
linked to: Mongol Ilkhanate

Tabriz ⓘ
positionHeld qadi of Shiraz ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
studentOf Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ
workedAt Maragha observatory ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi → teacherOf → Qutb al-Din Shirazi ⓘ
Maragha observatory → employed → Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi ⓘ
linked to: Qutb al-Din Shirazi
Qutb al-Din Shirazi → name → Qutb al-Din Shirazi ⓘ
Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi → influenced → Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi ⓘ
subject linked to: Sadr al-Din
linked to: Qutb al-Din Shirazi
Kamal al-Din al-Farisi → influencedBy → Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi ⓘ
linked to: Qutb al-Din Shirazi
Kamal al-Din al-Farisi → studentOf → Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi ⓘ
linked to: Qutb al-Din Shirazi