Ibn al-Quff

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Ibn al-Quff was a 13th-century Arab physician and surgeon renowned for his influential medical writings and contributions to the development of Islamic surgery and anatomy.

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Ibn al-Quff canonical 2
Kamil al-Sina‘a al-Tibbiyya 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arab physician
Arab surgeon
Islamic Golden Age scholar
medical writer
medieval scholar
physician
surgeon
centuryOfActivity 13th century
contributedTo development of Islamic surgery
development of anatomical knowledge in the Islamic world
countryOfOrigin Ayyubid dynasty
surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate
dateOfBirth circa 1233
dateOfDeath circa 1286
era medieval period
ethnicOrigin Arab
fieldOfWork anatomy
medical ethics
medicine
pharmacology
surgery
fullName Amin al-Dawla Abu al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq ibn al-Quff al-Masihi
givenName Yaqub
surface form: Ya‘qub
honorificTitle Amin al-Dawla
influenced later Arabic medical writers
later Islamic surgeons
influencedBy Galen
Avicenna
surface form: Ibn Sina

earlier Islamic physicians
knownFor clinical observations on wounds
contributions to Islamic surgery
description of surgical instruments
detailed anatomical descriptions
discussion of fractures and dislocations
integration of anatomy with surgical practice
systematic treatise on surgery
languageOfWork Arabic
movement Islamic medicine
name Ibn al-Quff self-link
notableWork Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon)
surface form: Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon of Medicine

al-‘Umda fi Sina‘at al-Jiraha
surface form: Kitab al-‘Umda fi Sina‘at al-Jiraha

Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun
al-‘Umda fi Sina‘at al-Jiraha
occupation court physician
teacher of medicine
placeOfBirth Karak
placeOfDeath Damascus
regionOfOrigin Levant region
surface form: Levant
religion Christianity
religiousDenomination Melkite Greek Catholic
surface form: Melkite Christian
wroteAbout anatomical structures
medical ethics and physician conduct
pharmaceutical preparations
surgical techniques

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Islamic medicine keyFigure Ibn al-Quff
Persian medicine hasKeyText Ibn al-Quff
this entity surface form: Kamil al-Sina‘a al-Tibbiyya
Ibn al-Quff name Ibn al-Quff self-link