Ibn al-Baytar
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Diyāʾ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad al-Mālaqī, commonly known as Ibn al-Bayṭār (
Life
Ibn al-Baitar was born in the city of Málaga in al-Andalus (Muslim Spain) at the end of the twelfth century, hence his nisba "al-Mālaqī".[1] His name "Ibn al-Baitar" is Arabic for "son of the veterinarian", which was his father's profession.[4][5] Ibn al-Bayṭār learned botany from the Málagan botanist Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Nabātī with whom he started collecting plants in and around Spain.[6]
In 1219, Ibn al-Bayṭār left Málaga, travelling to the coast of North Africa and as far as Anatolia, to collect plants. The major stations he visited include
After 1224, he entered the service of the
Ibn al-Bayṭār used the name "snow of China" (in Arabic, thalj al-Ṣīn) to describe
Works
Kitāb al-Jāmiʿ li-Mufradāt al-Adwiya wa-l-Aghdhiya
Ibn al-Bayṭār’s largest and most widely read book is his Compendium on Simple Medicaments and Foods (
Ibn al-Bayṭār provides detailed chemical information on the
Kitāb al-Mughnī fī al-Adwiya al-Mufrada
Ibn al-Bayṭār’s second major work is Kitāb al-Mughnī fī al-Adwiya al-Mufrada, كتاب المغني في الأدوية المفردة .an
Other works
- Mīzān al-Ṭabīb.ميزان الطبيب
- Risāla fī l-Aghdhiya wa-l-Adwiya.
- Maqāla fī al-Laymūn, Treatise on the Lemon (also attributed to Ibn Jumayʿ); translated into Latin by Andrea Alpago as Ebn Bitar de malis limonis (Venice 1593).[3]
- Tafsīr Kitāb Diyāsqūrīdūs, a commentary on the first four books of Dioscorides' "Materia Medica."[13]
See also
- Islamic science
- Islamic medicine
- Islamic scholars
Notes
- ^ a b c Alam 1997, pp. 6–8.
- ^ "The Book of Medicinal and Nutritional Terms". 1800.
- ^ a b c Vernet 2008.
- ^ Himes, Norman Edwin (1963). Medical history of contraception.
- ^ "The Book of Medicinal and Nutritional Terms". 1800.
- ^ Saad & Said 2011.
- ISBN 0-8018-5954-9.
The first definite mention of saltpetre in Arabic language is that in al-Baytar (died 1248), written towards the end of his life, where it is called "snow of China." Al-Baytar was a Spanish Arab, although he travelled a good deal and lived for a time in Egypt.
- ISBN 0-06-093564-2. Retrieved 2011-11-28.
The first use of a metal tube in this context was made around 1280 in the wars between the Song and the Mongols, where a new term, chong, was invented to describe the new horror...Like paper, it reached the West via the Muslims, in this case the writings of the Andalusian botanist Ibn al-Baytar, who died in Damascus in 1248. The Arabic term for saltpetre is 'Chinese snow' while the Persian usage is 'Chinese salt'.28
- ^ Malaspina University-College.
- ISBN 0415124107
- ^ Tafsīr Kitāb Diyāsqūrīdūs, - A commentary of Dioscorides' "Materia Medica," by Abu Muhammad 'Abdallah ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Baytar de Malaga, Beirut 1989 (Arabic)
- ^ German edition in two volumes, 1840–1842, translated by Sontheimer. French edition in three volumes, 1877–1883, translated by Leclerc.
- ^ Tafsīr Kitāb Diāsqūrīdūs, - Commentaire de la "Materia Medica" de Dioscoride, by Abu Muhammad 'Abdallah ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Baytar de Malaga, (ed. Ibrahim ben Mrad), Beirut 1989 (Arabic w/ Taxonomic names in English)
References
- Alam, Hushang (1997). "EBN AL-BAYṬĀR, ŻĪĀʾ-AL-DĪN ABŪ MOḤAMMAD ʿABD-ALLĀH". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Vol. VIII, Fasc. 1. pp. 6–8.
- Saad, Bashar; Said, Omar (2011). "3.3". Greco-Arab and Islamic Herbal Medicine. West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118002261.
- Vernet, J. (2008) [1970-80]. "Ibn Al-Bayṭār Al-Mālaqī, Ḍiyāʾ Al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʿAbdllāh Ibn Aḥmad". Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Encyclopedia.com.