Ibn al-Bitar Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Ahmad
ابن البيطار أبو محمد عبد الله بن أحمد
1248 CE · 646 AH
Scholar of plants, drugs and medicine from Malaga in al-Andalus; died 646 AH (1248 CE).
At a glance
- Roles
- Physician · Scientist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Agriculture and botanyMedicine
Place in the story
- ScholarTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Muhammad Abdallah ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abd al-Malik al-Malaqi, known as Ibn al-Bitar. A scholar of plants, drugs and medicine from Málaga in al-Andalus. He died in 646 AH (1248 CE). 1
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Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Bitar Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Ahmad”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-bitar-abu-muhammad-abd-allah-ibn-ahmad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.