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Identification
Ibn al-Bayṭār, Abū Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh b. Aḥmad al-Dīn al-Mālaqī
ابن البيطار، أبو محمد عبد الله بن أحمد الدين المالقي
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Death
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Biographic comments
Botanist and pharmacologist born in Malaga; he studied in Seville and around 617/1220 he emigrated to the East, Asia Minor, Syria, and Egypt where he was appointed by the Ayyūbid ruler as head of the herbalists. His most famous works are al-Ǧāmiʻ li-mufradāt al-adwiya wa-l-aġḏiya (printed in Cairo Būlāq, 1291/1874 and translated by Lucien Leclerc, Paris : Bibliothèque Nationale, 1877-1883) and al-Muġnīfī al-aḍwiya al-mufrada.
Additional information
References
- Place Place of birth Málaga, Andalusia, ES
- Place Place of activity Cairo / al-Qāhira, Cairo Governatorate, EG
- Place al-Andalus, ES/PT
Bibliographical references
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, II Edition: III, 737a-b on page III, 737a-b
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur, Band 1: 492 on page 492
- Geschichte der arabischen Litteratur. Erster Su... on page 896