Ibn al-Wafid

ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Wāfid al-Lakhmī (Arabic: علي بن الحسين بن الوافد اللخمي) (c. 1008 – 1074), known in Latin Europe as Abenguefith, was an Andalusian Arab^[1][2] pharmacologist and physician from Toledo. He was the vizier of Al-Mamun of Toledo. His main work is Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada (كتاب الأدوية المفردة, translated into Latin as De medicamentis simplicibus).^[3]

Ibn al-Wāfid ابن الوافد
Born	1008[1] Taifa of Toledo, Andalusia, now Province of Toledo, Spain
Died	1074 (aged 65-66)
Occupation	Pharmacologist, Physician, Vizir of Al-Mamun of Toledo
Notable works	Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada كتاب الأدوية المفردة

Ibn al-Wafid was mainly a pharmacist in Toledo, and he used the techniques and methods available in alchemy to extract at least 520 different kinds of medicines from various plants and herbs.

One of his students was Ibn al-Lūnquh.

References

1. Kaya, Mahmut (1999). İBN VÂFID - An article published in Turkish Encyclopedia of Islam (in Turkish). Vol. 20 (Ibn Haldun - Ibnu'l Cezeri). TDV Encyclopedia of Islam. p. 436. ISBN 9789753894470. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
2. Muñoz, Fernando (1996). Plantas medicinales y aromáticas: estudio, cultivo y procesado (in Spanish). Mundi-Prensa Libros. ISBN 9788471146243.
3. Emilia Calvo, "Ibn Wafid", in: The Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non Western Cultures, ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1997, p. 438

External links

• The Filāḥa Texts Project: Ibn Wāfid
• Vernet, J. (2008) [1970-80]. "Ibn Wāfid, Abū Al-Mutarrif ͑Abd Alrahman". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Encyclopedia.com.
• Toledo, on Muslim Heritage.com, page 6 (retrieved November 26, 2008)