Ibn al-Nafis

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic scholar ⓘ
human ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
medical writer ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
physician ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
birthDate c. 1213 ⓘ
birthName Ala al-Din Ali ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qurashi ⓘ
birthPlace Syria ⓘ
near Damascus ⓘ
citizenship Ayyubid Sultanate ⓘ
linked to: Ayyubid dynasty

Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
deathDate 1288 ⓘ
deathPlace Cairo ⓘ
Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Mamluk Sultanate
era 13th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Arab ⓘ
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
anatomy ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
theology ⓘ
fullName Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis ⓘ
givenName Ala al-Din ⓘ
influenced later European anatomists ⓘ
influencedBy Avicenna ⓘ
Galen ⓘ
knownFor Theologus Autodidactus ⓘ
commentary on Avicenna's Canon of Medicine ⓘ
critique of Galenic anatomy ⓘ
description of pulmonary circulation ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mainInterest Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
anatomy ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
physiology ⓘ
theology ⓘ
notableWork Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon) ⓘ
Sharh al-Qanun (Commentary on Avicenna's Canon of Medicine) ⓘ
Theologus Autodidactus ⓘ
occupation chief physician at al-Mansuri Hospital ⓘ
physician at al-Nasiri Hospital ⓘ
region Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
schoolTradition Islamic medicine ⓘ
workLocation Cairo ⓘ
Damascus ⓘ

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Islamic medicine → keyFigure → Ibn al-Nafis ⓘ
Ala al-Din Ibn al-Nafis → knownAs → Ibn al-Nafis ⓘ
subject linked to: Ala al-Din
Ibn al-Nafis → alsoKnownAs → Ibn al-Nafis ⓘ
Theologus Autodidactus → author → Ibn al-Nafis ⓘ
Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun → author → Ibn al-Nafis ⓘ
Sharh al-Qanun → author → Ibn al-Nafis ⓘ