al-Shaykh al-Sadid

الشيخ السديد

c. 1196 CE · 592 AH

Al-Shaykh al-Sadidi Sharaf al-Din Abdallah b. Ali, head of medicine in Egypt; trained under al-Muwaffaq Ibn al-Matin and served al-Adid, winning wide honour and a long life; among his pupils Nafis al-Din Ibn al-Zubayr. It was said his take in one day was thirty thousand dinars, and his student Ibn al-Zubayr told that he circumcised al-Hafiz li-Din Allah's son for about fifty thousand in gold. He died in 592 1.

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Roles
Physician
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Egypt & Nile
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Overview

Shaykh al-Sadid, shaykh of medicine in Egypt — Sharaf al-Din 'Abdallah b. 'Ali; he took the craft from al-Muwaffaq Ibn al-Mutin, served al-'Adid lord of Egypt, won sanctity and wide standing and lived an age; Nafis al-Din Ibn al-Zubayr studied under him. 1

His wealth

It is told that al-Sadid earned thirty thousand dinars in a single day; his pupil Ibn al-Zubayr told that he purified al-Hafiz li-Din Allah's son and gained about fifty thousand dinars in gold. He died in 592. 1

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 789
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