Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī

Kamal al-Din al-Fārisī
Born1265 (1265)
Died12 January 1318 (aged 5253)
Scientific career
FieldsOptics, physics, mathematics, science

Kamal al-Din Hasan ibn Ali ibn Hasan al-Farisi or Abu Hasan Muhammad ibn Hasan (1267– 12 January 1319, long assumed to be 1320)) (Persian: كمال‌الدين فارسی) was a Persian Muslim scientist. He made two major contributions to science, one on optics, the other on number theory. Farisi was a pupil of the astronomer and mathematician Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, who in turn was a pupil of Nasir al-Din Tusi.

According to Encyclopædia Iranica, Kamal al-Din was the most advanced Persian author on optics.