Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis)

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Andalusian physician Andalusian surgeon Muslim scholar medical innovator medieval physician physician pioneer of surgery polymath surgeon writer

Al-Zahrawi (Abulcasis) was a pioneering 10th–11th century Andalusian physician and surgeon, often regarded as the father of modern surgery for his influential medical encyclopedia and innovative surgical techniques.

Aliases (4)

Al-Zahrawi ×62
Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi ×1
Abulcasis ×1
Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī ×1

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Andalusian physician → Andalusian surgeon → Muslim scholar → medical innovator → medieval physician → physician → pioneer of surgery → polymath → surgeon → writer →
alsoKnownAs	Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi → Abulcasis →
birthDate	c. 936 →
birthPlace	Al-Andalus → al-Zahra → near Córdoba →
citizenship	Caliphate of Córdoba →
deathDate	c. 1013 →
deathPlace	Al-Andalus → Córdoba NERFINISHED →
employer	Umayyad court of Córdoba →
era	Islamic Golden Age →
field	dentistry → medicine → obstetrics → pharmacology → surgery →
fullName	Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī →
influenced	Guy de Chauliac → Latin medical tradition → medieval European surgeons →
influencedBy	Galen → Hippocrates → earlier Islamic physicians →
knownFor	Kitab al-Tasrif → detailed illustrations of surgical instruments → influence on European surgery → pioneering surgical techniques → systematic classification of surgical operations →
languageOfWork	Arabic →
legacy	Kitab al-Tasrif used as a standard surgical text in Europe for centuries →
majorContribution	advances in obstetric and gynecological surgery → description of dental extraction and replacement techniques → development of techniques for cauterization → early description of ligature for blood-vessel control → early description of lithotomy for bladder stones → standardization of surgical instruments → use of catgut for internal sutures →
notableWork	30-volume medical encyclopedia → Kitab al-Tasrif li-man ‘ajiza ‘an al-ta’lif →
occupation	court physician →
region	Al-Andalus →
religion	Islam →
specialization	orthopedic procedures → surgical pathology → trauma surgery → urological surgery →
title	father of modern surgery → father of operative surgery →
workLocation	Córdoba NERFINISHED →
workTranslatedInto	Latin →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Al-Zahrawi ("Abulcasis") → Al-Zahrawi ("Abu al-Qasim al-Zahrawi") →	alsoKnownAs
Al-Zahrawi ("Abū al-Qāsim Khalaf ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Zahrāwī") →	fullName
Islamic medicine ("Al-Zahrawi") →	keyFigure
Islamic Golden Age →	notableScholar