Ibn Wafid

Ibn al-Wafid ابن الوافد
Born	December 997 Toledo, Spain, now Province of Toledo, Spain
Died	1074 (aged 77)
Occupation	Pharmacologist, Physician, Vizir of Al-Mamun of Toledo
Notable works	Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada كتاب الأدوية المفردة

Ali Ibn al-Husain Ibn al-Wafid (Circa 997– 1074), known in Latin Europe as Abenguefit, was a 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).

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.

His student Ali Ibn al-Lukuh was the author of ʿUmdat al-Ṭabīb fī Maʿrifat al-Nabāt li kulli Labīb, a famous botanical dictionary.

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