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Sorkhab was an Iranian Persian physicists of Buyid era. He is one of the great people of Semnan. In addition to Sorkhab, he is also known as Sohrab.

The historical book Tarikh Hukama al-Islam written by al-Bayhaqi, considers him as one of the students of Alhazen.

Sorkhab was the student of Alhazen for over three years. There is a story about Sorkhab and Alhazen, in which Sorkhab was supposed to pay a monthly fee to Alhazen, and Alhazen accepted the fee every month. But at the end of education, Alhazen gave all the fee that he had collected back to Sorkhab. Alhazen said to Sorkhab that he wanted to test the student for his enthusiasm in science.