Ibn al-Wafid
ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Wāfid al-Lakhmī (Arabic: علي بن الحسين بن الوافد اللخمي) (c. 1008 – 1074), known in Latin Europe as Abenguefith, was an Andalusian Arab[2][1] pharmacologist and physician from Toledo. He was the vizier of Al-Mamun of Toledo. His main work is Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada (كتاب الأدوية المفردة, translated into Latin as De medicamentis simplicibus).[3]
Ibn al-Wāfid ابن الوافد | |
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| Born | 1008[1] Toledo, Spain, now Province of Toledo, Spain |
| Died | 1074 (aged 65-66) |
| Occupation | Pharmacologist, Physician, Vizir of Al-Mamun of Toledo |
| Notable works | Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada كتاب الأدوية المفردة |
Ibn al-Wafid was mainly a pharmacist in Toledo, and he used the techniques and methods available in alchemy to extract at least 520 different kinds of medicines from various plants and herbs.
His student Ali Ibn al-Lukuh was the author of ʿUmdat al-Ṭabīb fī Maʿrifat al-Nabāt li kulli Labīb, a famous botanical dictionary.
References
- Kaya, Mahmut (1999). İBN VÂFID - An article published in Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 20 (Ibn Haldun - Ibnu'l Cezeri). TDV Encyclopedia of Islam. p. 436. ISBN 9789753894470. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
- Muñoz, Fernando (1996). Plantas medicinales y aromáticas: estudio, cultivo y procesado (in Spanish). Mundi-Prensa Libros. ISBN 9788471146243.
- Emilia Calvo, "Ibn Wafid", in: The Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non Western Cultures, ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1997, p. 438
External links
- The Filāḥa Texts Project: Ibn Wāfid
- Vernet, J. (2008) [1970-80]. "Ibn Wāfid, Abū Al-Mutarrif ͑Abd Alrahman". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Encyclopedia.com.
- Toledo, on Muslim Heritage.com, page 6 (retrieved November 26, 2008)
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