İBNÜ'l-HEYSEM — TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi (Hüseyin Gazi Topdemir)

ابن الهيثم — موسوعة TDV الإسلامية (حسين غازي طوب دمير)

The TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi entry on Ibn al-Haytham: his birth at Basra c. 354 AH and his post in a diwan under the Buyids; the Fatimid al-Hakim's invitation to Egypt over the Nile; his presence in Baghdad in 418 AH and probable death in 432 AH; his treatises against critics of prophethood and against the Mu'tazila; his Kitab al-Manazir, with rectilinear light, shadows, the dark room, reflection and refraction; its Latin translation and influence in Europe and on Kamal al-Din al-Farisi; and a list of his works.