Ibn al-Nafis

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Ibn al-Nafis was a 13th-century Syrian physician and polymath best known for his pioneering description of the pulmonary circulation of the blood.

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instanceOf Islamic scholar
human
jurist
medical writer
philosopher
physician
polymath
theologian
birthDate c. 1213
birthName Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis
surface form: Ala al-Din Ali ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qurashi
birthPlace Syria
near Damascus
citizenship Ayyubid dynasty
surface form: Ayyubid Sultanate

Mamluk Sultanate NERFINISHED
deathDate 1288
deathPlace Cairo
Mamluk Sultanate
surface form: Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt
era 13th century
ethnicGroup Arabs
surface form: Arab
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence
anatomy
medicine
philosophy
physiology
theology
fullName Ala al-Din Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Abi-Hazm al-Qurashi ibn al-Nafis
givenName Ala al-Din
influenced later European anatomists
influencedBy Avicenna
Galen
knownFor Theologus Autodidactus
commentary on Avicenna's Canon of Medicine
critique of Galenic anatomy
description of pulmonary circulation
language Arabic
mainInterest Islamic jurisprudence
anatomy
medicine
physiology
theology
notableWork Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun (Commentary on the Anatomy of the Canon)
Sharh al-Qanun (Commentary on Avicenna's Canon of Medicine)
Theologus Autodidactus
occupation chief physician at al-Mansuri Hospital
physician at al-Nasiri Hospital
region Islamic Golden Age
religion Islam
schoolTradition Islamic medicine
workLocation Cairo
Damascus

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Islamic medicine keyFigure Ibn al-Nafis
Islamic Golden Age notableScholar Ibn al-Nafis