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  "ar": "ابن البيطار العشاب",
  "en": "Ibn al-Baytar"
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  "ar": "الطبيب البارع العشاب، صاحب كتاب المفردات في الأدوية؛ انتهت إليه معرفة النبات وصفاته ومنافعه وأماكنه، وله اتصال بخدمة الملك الكامل ثم ابنه الصالح، وكان رئيساً في الديار المصرية؛ توفي بدمشق في شعبان {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 242}.",
  "en": "The Malagan physician-botanist (d. Sha'ban 646, Damascus) — author of the Mufradat materia medica; in him the knowledge of plants, their properties, benefits and habitats terminated; served al-Kamil then al-Salih and headed the profession in Egypt {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 242}."
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  "levant-iraq"
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  "latest": 1248.917431569405
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   "hijri": "0646-08",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "month",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "توفي بدمشق في شعبان سنة ست وأربعين وستمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 242}."
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    "value": "ضياء الدين عبد الله بن أحمد المالقي العشاب ابن البيطار",
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   "edtf": "1248-11~",
   "hijri": "0646-08",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "month",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "توفي بدمشق في شعبان سنة ست وأربعين وستمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 242}."
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   "scholar"
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   {
    "value": "sunni",
    "basis": "tradition"
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   "review": "draft",
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   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High)"
  },
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "شذرات الذهب — ابن العماد (ج5، سنة 646)، قراءة آبل فيجن",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "ابن البطار الطبيب البارع العشاب صاحب كتاب المفردات في الأدوية؛ انتهت إليه معرفة النبات وصفاته ومنافعه وأماكنه، وله اتصال بخدمة الملك الكامل ثم ابنه الصالح، وكان رئيساً في الديار المصرية؛ توفي بدمشق في شعبان. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 242}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ibn-al-battar",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Summary",
     "markdown": "Ibn al-Battar, the brilliant physician and herbalist, author of the *Kitab al-Mufradat* on simples; the knowledge of plants, their properties, benefits and habitats ended with him. He was in the service of al-Malik al-Kamil then his son al-Salih, and was chief in Egypt; he died at Damascus in Sha'ban. {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 242}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ibn-al-battar",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-22"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ابن البطار، ماہر طبیب اور عشّاب، «مفردات فی الادویہ» کے صاحب؛ نباتات، ان کی صفات، منافع اور مساکن کا علم اسی پر ختم ہوا۔ ملک کامل پھر اس کے بیٹے صالح کی خدمت سے وابستہ اور مصر کا رئیس؛ شعبان میں دمشق میں فوت ہوا۔ {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 242}"
    }
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    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
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   "updated": "2026-10-22"
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  "person/abu-shama-al-dimashqi",
  "person/afif-al-din-al-tilimsani",
  "person/afif-al-din-ibn-mazru",
  "person/ahmad-al-badawi",
  "person/ahmad-ibn-muhsin",
  "person/ahmad-ibn-yusuf-al-tifashi",
  "person/ajiba-bint-al-baqdari",
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