Ziyad ibn Khalfun
زياد بن خلفون
920 CE · 308 AH
A physician of Kairouan, a client of the Aghlabids, about whose origins little is known.
At a glance
- Roles
- Physician
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- PhysicianTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Ziyad ibn Khalfun, a physician of Qayrawan, a client of the Aghlabids. He died in the year 308 AH according to the encyclopedia Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' (the Common Era conversion is derived) 1.
Not much is known of his origin. The entry needs an additional source.
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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. “Ziyad ibn Khalfun”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ziyad-ibn-khalfun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.