Kitāb al-Manāẓir
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Kitāb al-Manāẓir is Ibn al-Haytham’s foundational treatise on optics that systematically analyzes vision, light, and perception and profoundly influenced later Islamic and European science.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alhazen's Book of Optics | 1 |
| Kitab al-Manazir | 1 |
| Kitāb al-Manāẓir canonical | 1 |
| Risala fi’l-Daw’ (Treatise on Light) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4427230 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kitāb al-Manāẓir Context triple: [Ibn al-Haytham, notableWork, Kitāb al-Manāẓir]
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Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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B.
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla is a theological and philosophical treatise by the Andalusian thinker Averroes in which he critically examines Islamic theological methods and defends a rationalist approach to understanding religious doctrine.
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C.
The Book of Healing
The Book of Healing is a monumental philosophical and scientific encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematically covers logic, natural sciences, mathematics, and metaphysics.
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D.
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani
Al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani is a seminal 12th-century Hanafi legal manual that systematically presents and analyzes Islamic jurisprudence and its rulings.
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E.
Al-Hawi
Al-Hawi is a monumental 10th-century medical encyclopedia by the Persian physician al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge of Greco-Roman, Indian, and earlier Islamic sources.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kitāb al-Manāẓir Target entity description: Kitāb al-Manāẓir is Ibn al-Haytham’s foundational treatise on optics that systematically analyzes vision, light, and perception and profoundly influenced later Islamic and European science.
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A.
Kitab al-Ilm
Kitab al-Ilm is the section of Sahih al-Bukhari devoted to prophetic teachings and rulings about knowledge, its virtues, and its proper transmission in Islam.
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B.
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla
Kitāb al-Kashf ʿan Manāhij al-Adilla is a theological and philosophical treatise by the Andalusian thinker Averroes in which he critically examines Islamic theological methods and defends a rationalist approach to understanding religious doctrine.
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C.
The Book of Healing
The Book of Healing is a monumental philosophical and scientific encyclopedia by Avicenna that systematically covers logic, natural sciences, mathematics, and metaphysics.
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D.
al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani
Al-Hidaya by al-Marghinani is a seminal 12th-century Hanafi legal manual that systematically presents and analyzes Islamic jurisprudence and its rulings.
-
E.
Al-Hawi
Al-Hawi is a monumental 10th-century medical encyclopedia by the Persian physician al-Razi, compiling and critically evaluating the medical knowledge of Greco-Roman, Indian, and earlier Islamic sources.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic scientific work
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book on optics ⓘ scientific treatise ⓘ |
| author | Ibn al-Haytham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bookNumbering |
Book I
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Book II NERFINISHED ⓘ Book III ⓘ Book IV ⓘ Book V ⓘ Book VI NERFINISHED ⓘ Book VII ⓘ |
| composedInCentury | 11th century ⓘ |
| composedInRegion | Islamic world ⓘ |
| field |
physics
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visual perception ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| importance |
foundational work in the history of optics
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major source for medieval European optical theory ⓘ |
| influenced |
Islamic optics
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Johannes Kepler NERFINISHED ⓘ Latin scholastic science ⓘ Renaissance science ⓘ Roger Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ Witelo NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval European optics ⓘ |
| keyConcept |
binocular vision
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camera obscura ⓘ errors of vision ⓘ experimental method in optics ⓘ intromission theory of vision ⓘ light traveling in straight lines ⓘ psychology of perception ⓘ reflection of light ⓘ refraction of light ⓘ visual angle ⓘ |
| LatinTitle | De aspectibus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
light
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optics ⓘ perception ⓘ vision ⓘ |
| methodology |
experimental observation
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geometrical analysis ⓘ |
| numberOfVolumes | 7 ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| rejectsTheory | emission theory of vision ⓘ |
| structure | seven books ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Book of Optics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| translatedInto |
Latin
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Persian ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Kitāb al-Manāẓir Description of subject: Kitāb al-Manāẓir is Ibn al-Haytham’s foundational treatise on optics that systematically analyzes vision, light, and perception and profoundly influenced later Islamic and European science.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ibn al-Haytham
subject surface form:
Ibn al-Haytham
this entity surface form:
Risala fi’l-Daw’ (Treatise on Light)
subject surface form:
Optics (Ptolemy)
this entity surface form:
Alhazen's Book of Optics
this entity surface form:
Kitab al-Manazir