Ibn Bariq Abu Hafs

ابن بريق أبو حفص

Andalusi physician of the fourth century AH who studied medicine in Qayrawan with Ibn al-Jazzar and returned to al-Andalus with his teacher's book on medicine and remedies.

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Physician
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Sunni
Era
Abbasid Fragmentation
Region
al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
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Abu Hafs Umar ibn Bariq, an Andalusian physician of the fourth century AH. 1

He travelled to Kairouan and attached himself to its physician, Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Abi Khalid, known as Ibn al-Jazzar. He then returned to al-Andalus with his teacher's book Zad al-Musafir wa Qut al-Hadir (Provision for the Traveller and Sustenance for the Settled), on medicine, treatment and simple drugs. 1

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al-Khunaji Afdal al-Din Muhammad· Al-Mudhaffar al-Himsi· al-Nadir ibn al-Harith al-Thaqafi· al-Tiflisi Jamal al-Din Abu al-Fadl Habash ibn Ibrahim· Dawud al-Antaki· Ibn al-Baddhukh, Umar ibn Ali· Ibn al-Bitar Abu Muhammad Abd Allah ibn Ahmad· Ibn al-Hashsha Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Muhammad

Sources

  1. Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
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Scholar of medicine, philosophy and logic of Persian origin; born 590 AH (1194 CE) and died 646 AH (1248 CE).