Ibn al-Baytar

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Ibn al-Baytar was a prominent 13th-century Andalusian physician and botanist renowned for his influential works on pharmacology and medicinal plants in the Islamic Golden Age.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Andalusian scholar ⓘ
botanist ⓘ
medieval scientist ⓘ
pharmacologist ⓘ
physician ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ibn al-Baitar ⓘ
linked to: Ibn al-Bayṭār

Ibn al-Bayṭār ⓘ
birthPlace Málaga ⓘ
al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia
citizenship al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Andalusia
deathPlace Ayyubid Sultanate ⓘ
linked to: Ayyubid dynasty

Damascus ⓘ
employer Ayyubid court ⓘ
linked to: Ayyubid dynasty
ethnicGroup Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork botany ⓘ
materia medica ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
pharmacology ⓘ
fullName Ḍiyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī ⓘ
influenced European herbalists ⓘ
later Islamic physicians ⓘ
influencedBy Dioscorides ⓘ
Galen ⓘ
Ibn Sina ⓘ
linked to: Avicenna

al-Razi ⓘ
linked to: Al-Razi (Rhazes)
knownFor critical evaluation of earlier pharmacological literature ⓘ
describing hundreds of new simples ⓘ
systematic compilation of medicinal plants ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Arabic ⓘ
legacy influential source for later Latin and European herbals ⓘ
major reference in pharmacology for centuries in the Islamic world ⓘ
mainSubject herbal medicine ⓘ
medicinal plants ⓘ
pharmacognosy ⓘ
methodology empirical observation of plants and drugs ⓘ
movement Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
notableWork Al-Jāmiʿ li-mufradāt al-adwiya wa-l-aghdhiya ⓘ
Al-Mughni fi al-Adwiya al-Mufrada ⓘ
Kitab al-Jami fi al-Adwiya al-Mufrada ⓘ
Kitab al-Mughni fi al-Adwiya al-Mufrada ⓘ
numberOfDescribedDrugs more than 1400 ⓘ
positionHeld chief herbalist of the Ayyubid court in Cairo ⓘ
timePeriod 13th century ⓘ
travelledTo Asia Minor ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
workFocus classification of simples by therapeutic properties ⓘ
comparison of Greek and Islamic pharmacological sources ⓘ

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Islamic medicine → keyFigure → Ibn al-Baytar ⓘ
Ibn al-Bayṭār → alsoKnownAs → Ibn al-Baytar ⓘ