Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi

Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi

A number of books are attributed to Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi written about astronomy, mathematics, medicine, physics, music theory, philosophy and Sufism.

Full Name: Qotb al-Din Mahmoud b. Zia al-Din Mas’ud b. Mosleh Shirazi.

Arabic: قطب‌الدینْ محمود بن ضیاءالدینْ مسعود بن مصلح شیرازی

Born: 1236 AD.

Died: 1311 AD.

Origin: Kazerun, Iran.

Famous for: Astronomer and Mathematician.

Contributions: 

Some scholars credit him with providing the first correct qualitative explanation of the rainbow.

Articles

https://encyclopedia.pub/entry/36698

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutb_al-Din_al-Shirazi

https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/qutb-al-din-mahmud-ibn-masud-ibn-al-muslih-alshirazi

https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100359654?p=emailAinFlfzYTxFIA&d=/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100359654

 

Books attributed to Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi: