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Ibn al-Baitar
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Abdullah, known in Arabic as ابن البيطار, was a male botanist, physician, pharmacologist, and pharmacist from al-Andalus. He worked in the field of botany and spoke Arabic. His notable work is the Traité des simples. He studied under Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati and taught Ibn Abi Usaibia and As-Suwaydi.
Ibn al-Baitar was born in 1197 and died in 1248. He died in Damascus and resided at the Al Abbas Mosque. He is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1197
- Died
- 1248
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Traité des simples
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Key facts
- Born
- 1197, Málaga , Andalusia , Almohad Caliphate
- Died
- 1248 (aged 51), Damascus , Ayyubid dynasty
- Known for
- Scientific classification Oncology
- Fields
- Botanist , Scientist , Pharmacist , Physician
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Abdullah
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- al-Andalus
- Place of birth
- Málaga
- Place of death
- Damascus
- Occupation
- pharmacist
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Field of work
- botany
- Image
- Ibn al-Baytar.JPG
- Residence
- Al Abbas Mosque
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- date of birth
- 1197-01-01
- date of death
- 1248-01-01
- Commons category
- Ibn al-Baitar
- name in native language
- ابن البيطار
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- student
- As-Suwaydi
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Encyclopedic overview
Diyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī, commonly known as Ibn al-Bayṭār (Arabic: ابن البيطار) (1197–1248 AD) was an Andalusian Arab physician, botanist, pharmacist and scientist. His main contribution was to systematically record the additions made by Islamic physicians in the Middle Ages, which added between 300 and 400 types of medicine to the one thousand previously known since antiquity. He was a student of Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati.
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