• Source: 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 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.
One of his students was Ibn al-Lūnquh.




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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 [1] (retrieved November 26, 2008)

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