Ala al-Din

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Ala al-Din is the given name of the medieval Arab physician and polymath Ibn al-Nafis, renowned for his early description of pulmonary circulation.

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Ala al-Din canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic scholar ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval scientist ⓘ
physician ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
challengedTheoryOf interventricular pores in the heart ⓘ
civilization Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
culture Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
dateOfBirth c. 1210 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1288 ⓘ
described pulmonary circulation of the blood ⓘ
educatedAt Bimaristan al-Nuri in Damascus ⓘ
era medieval Islam ⓘ
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
theology ⓘ
fullName Ala al-Din Ali ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Ala al-Din ⓘ
influenced later theories of blood circulation ⓘ
influencedBy Avicenna ⓘ
Galen ⓘ
knownAs Ibn al-Nafis ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
notableFor commentaries on Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine ⓘ
critique of Galenic cardiac anatomy ⓘ
early description of pulmonary circulation ⓘ
medical encyclopedia Al-Shamil fi al-Tibb ⓘ
philosophical novel Theologus Autodidactus ⓘ
occupation jurist ⓘ
medical writer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
placeOfBirth Syria ⓘ
near Damascus ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cairo ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
workAuthored Al-Shamil fi al-Tibb ⓘ
Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun ⓘ
Theologus Autodidactus ⓘ
workedIn Cairo ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ

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Ibn al-Nafis → givenName → Ala al-Din ⓘ
Ala al-Din Ibn al-Nafis → givenName → Ala al-Din ⓘ
subject linked to: Ala al-Din