Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis

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Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis, commonly known as Ibn al-Nafis, was a 13th-century Syrian physician and polymath best known for his pioneering description of the pulmonary circulation of the blood.

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instanceOf 13th-century physician ⓘ
Islamic scholar ⓘ
Quran commentator ⓘ
human ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
medical writer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ibn al-Nafis ⓘ
birthPlace Syria ⓘ
near Damascus ⓘ
birthYear 1213 ⓘ
burialPlace Cairo ⓘ
citizenship Ayyubid Sultanate ⓘ
linked to: Ayyubid dynasty

Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
deathPlace Cairo ⓘ
Mamluk Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
deathYear 1288 ⓘ
educatedAt Bimaristan al-Nuri in Damascus ⓘ
era 13th century ⓘ
Islamic Golden Age (late phase) ⓘ
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
anatomy ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
theology ⓘ
hasGender male ⓘ
influenced later European anatomists ⓘ
influencedBy Avicenna ⓘ
Galen ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
name Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis ⓘ
notableFor commentary on Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine ⓘ
critique of Galenic anatomy ⓘ
description of pulmonary circulation of the blood ⓘ
medical encyclopedia al-Shamil fi al-Tibb ⓘ
philosophical novel Theologus Autodidactus ⓘ
positionHeld chief physician at al-Mansuri Hospital in Cairo ⓘ
rejectedClaimOf Galen’s invisible pores in the interventricular septum ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
theory blood passes from right ventricle to left ventricle via lungs, not through interventricular septum ⓘ
workLocation Cairo ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ
wrote Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon (Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun) ⓘ
Theologus Autodidactus (al-Risala al-Kamiliyya fi al-Sira al-Nabawiyya) ⓘ
al-Shamil fi al-Tibb ⓘ
commentaries on Galen ⓘ
commentaries on Hippocrates ⓘ
works on usul al-fiqh (principles of Islamic jurisprudence) ⓘ

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Ibn al-Nafis → fullName → Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis ⓘ
Ibn al-Nafis → birthName → Ala al-Din Ali ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qurashi ⓘ
linked to: Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis
Ala al-Din Ibn al-Nafis → fullName → Ala al-Din Ali ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi ⓘ
subject linked to: Ala al-Din
linked to: Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis
Ibn al-Nafis → name → Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis ⓘ