Identification
al-Kātibī, Naǧm al-Dīn ʻAlī b. ʻUmar al-Qazwīnī
الكاتبي، نجم الدين علي بن عمر القزويني
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Death
Expressed
Or 693 H
Biographic comments
Persian Islamic philosopher and logician of the Šāfiʻī school. His most important works are a treatise on logic, Al-Risāla al-Šamsiyya, and one on metaphysics and the natural sciences, Ḥikmat al-ʻayn. He was involved in the establishment of the Maragha observatory.
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References
Bibliographical references
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, II Edition: IV, 762a-b on page IV, 762a-b
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Band 1: 4... on page 466-467
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. Erster Su... on page 845-848
- Muʻǧam al-ta'rīḫ al-turāṯ al-islāmiyya fī makta... on page 2106-2107, n. 5650