Qutb al-Din Shirazi

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Islamic scholar commentator on Illuminationist philosophy human philosopher physician polymath

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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instanceOf Islamic scholar ⓘ
commentator on Illuminationist philosophy ⓘ
human ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
burialPlace Tabriz NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 13th century ⓘ
14th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ilkhanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture Persian ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1236 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1311 ⓘ
era Islamic Golden Age (late phase) ⓘ
ethnicGroup Persian ⓘ
familyName Shirazi NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork Illuminationist philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
logic ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
music theory ⓘ
optics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
givenName Qutb al-Din NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Avicenna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Islamic Peripatetic philosophy NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Qutb al-Din Shirazi NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableIdea Illuminationist interpretation of metaphysics ⓘ
refinement of Ptolemaic astronomical models ⓘ
notableWork Durrat al-Taj li-Ghurrat al-Dabbaj NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ikhtiyarāt-i Muzaffarī NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nihayat al-idrak fi dirayat al-aflak NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sharh Hikmat al-Ishraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation court physician ⓘ
judge ⓘ
qadi ⓘ
placeOfBirth Fars NERFINISHED ⓘ
Persia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shiraz NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Ilkhanate NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tabriz NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld qadi of Shiraz ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
Shia Islam ⓘ
studentOf Nasir al-Din al-Tusi NERFINISHED ⓘ
workedAt Maragha observatory NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Sadr al-Din al-Qunawi → teacherOf → Qutb al-Din Shirazi ⓘ
Maragha observatory → employed → Qutb al-Din Shirazi ⓘ
this entity surface form: Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi