Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Andarshi al-Balansi

محمد بن أحمد الأندرشي البلنسي

1275 CE · 674 AH

The jurist and physician Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Andarshi al-Balansi, who died at Tunis in 674 AH and wrote a versified medical poem and a verse work on simple drugs.

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Roles
Physician · Scholar
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Maghreb
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: أحمد البدوي · Al-Abraqawhi, Ahmad ibn Ishaq · Al-Astarabadhi, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad · Al-Baydawi, Abd Allah ibn Umar · al-Halabi Qutb al-Din Abd al-Karim ibn Abd al-Nur

Medicine

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  • PhysicianTradition

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Overview

Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Andarshi al-Balansi, a jurist and physician. He died in Tunis in 674 AH. He wrote a poem on medicine and a versified work on 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, p.413-414
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