ابن زهر الحفيد
ابن زهر الحفيد
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Zuhr of Seville, among the foremost physicians and men of letters in al-Andalus; he served the Almoravid and Almohad states and had no equal in medicine in his day, having learnt it from his father — hence 'Ibn Zuhr the grandson'; he died at Marrakesh 1.
At a glance
- Roles
- Physician
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Overview
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Zuhr al-Iyadi, known as Ibn Zuhr al-Hafid, one of the outstanding figures of medicine and letters in al-Andalus. 2
Life
He was born in Seville, served the states of the Almoravids and the Almohads, and died in Marrakesh. 2
Medicine and letters
Al-Zirikli says that in his time no one knew the craft of medicine better than he did, and he took it from his father. He wrote al-Tiryaq (The Antidote) on medicine, and delicate poetry, and muwashshahat that he composed with skill. 2
Connections
- Born in
- Seville
- Died in
- Marrakesh
- Related to
- Almoravid dynasty· Almohad Caliphate
People and things also explored
The Almohad war-schools· استيلاء المرابطين على إشبيلية· ظهور مراكب المجوس في الأندلس· نزول المجوس بإشبيلية (230هـ)· al-Ma'mun ibn al-Mansur al-Muwahhidi· al-Rashid ibn al-Ma'mun al-Muwahhidi· ابن رشد الحفيد· Ishaq ibn Ali al-Murabiti
Sources
- al-Alam — al-Zirikli, p. 937
- al-Alam — al-Zirikli, p.937
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islam.museum contributors. “ابن زهر الحفيد”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-zuhr-al-hafid/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.