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{{Short description|Andalusian Arab physician and pharmacologist}}
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'''Ali Ibn al-Husain Ibn al-Wafid''' (ca. 997-1074), known in [[Latin language|Latin]] Europe as '''{{lang|la|Abenguefit}}''', was a pharmacologist and physician from [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]. He was the vizier of [[Al-Mamun of Toledo]]. His main work is ''Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب الأدوية المفردة}}, translated into Latin as ''{{lang|la|De medicamentis simplicibus}}'').<ref>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</ref>
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| name = Ibn al-Wāfid <br> ابن الوافد
| honorific_suffix =
| birth_date = 1008<ref name="İÂ" />
| birth_place = Taifa of Toledo, Andalusia, now [[Province of Toledo]], [[Spain]]
| death_date = 1074 (aged 65-66)
| occupation = Pharmacologist, [[Physician]], Vizir of [[Al-Mamun of Toledo]]
| notableworks = Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada <br> كتاب الأدوية المفردة
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'''ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Wāfid [[lakhm|al-Lakhmī]]''' ({{Langx|ar|علي بن الحسين بن الوافد اللخمي}}; c. 1008 – 1074), known in [[Latin language|Latin]] Europe as '''{{lang|la|Abenguefith|italics=no}}''', was an [[Al-Andalus|Andalusian]] [[Arab]]<ref name="İÂ">{{cite book |last1=Kaya |first1=Mahmut |title=İBN VÂFID - An article published in Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam |date=1999 |publisher=[[İslâm Ansiklopedisi|TDV Encyclopedia of Islam]] |isbn=9789753894470 |pages=436 |volume=20 (Ibn Haldun - Ibnu'l Cezeri) |url=https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/ibn-zura |access-date=18 August 2022 |lang=tr}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Muñoz|first1=Fernando|title=Plantas medicinales y aromáticas: estudio, cultivo y procesado|date=1996|publisher=Mundi-Prensa Libros|isbn=9788471146243|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WmX5TibuSrIC&q=Ibn+Wafid+%22m%C3%A9dico+%C3%A1rabe%22&pg=PA24|language=es}}</ref> pharmacologist and physician from [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]. He was the vizier of [[Al-Mamun of Toledo]]. His main work is ''Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada'' ({{lang|ar|كتاب الأدوية المفردة}}, translated into Latin as ''{{lang|la|De medicamentis simplicibus}}'').<ref>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</ref>


Ibn al-Wafid was mainly a [[pharmacist]] in [[Toledo, Spain|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]].
Ibn al-Wafid was mainly a [[pharmacist]] in [[Toledo, Spain|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]].


One of his students was [[Ibn al-Lūnquh]].
His student Ali Ibn al-Lukuh was the author of {{transl|ar|''ʿUmdat al-Ṭabīb fī Maʿrifat al-Nabāt li kulli Labīb''}}, a famous botanical dictionary.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.filaha.org/author_Ibn_wafid.html The Filāḥa Texts Project: Ibn Wāfid]
*[http://www.filaha.org/author_Ibn_wafid.html The Filāḥa Texts Project: Ibn Wāfid]
*{{cite encyclopedia | last = Vernet | first = J. | title=Ibn Wāfid, Abū Al-Mutarrif ͑Abd Alrahman | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830904532.html | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Scientific Biography|Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography]] | publisher = Encyclopedia.com | origyear=1970-80 | year = 2008 }}
*{{cite encyclopedia | last = Vernet | first = J. | title=Ibn Wāfid, Abū Al-Mutarrif ͑Abd Alrahman | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830904532.html | encyclopedia = [[Dictionary of Scientific Biography|Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography]] | publisher = Encyclopedia.com | orig-year=1970-80 | year = 2008 }}
*''Toledo'', on Muslim Heritage.com, page 6 [http://www.muslimheritage.com/uploads/Toledo.pdf] (retrieved November 26, 2008)
*''Toledo'', on Muslim Heritage.com, page 6 [http://www.muslimheritage.com/uploads/Toledo.pdf] (retrieved November 26, 2008)


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Latest revision as of 03:32, 2 December 2024

Ibn al-Wāfid
ابن الوافد
Born1008[1]
Taifa of Toledo, Andalusia, now Province of Toledo, Spain
Died1074 (aged 65-66)
OccupationPharmacologist, Physician, Vizir of Al-Mamun of Toledo
Notable worksKitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada
كتاب الأدوية المفردة

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[1][2] 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-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.

One of his students was Ibn al-Lūnquh.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Muñoz, Fernando (1996). Plantas medicinales y aromáticas: estudio, cultivo y procesado (in Spanish). Mundi-Prensa Libros. ISBN 9788471146243.
  3. ^ 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
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