Amin al-Dawla Abu al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq ibn al-Quff al-Masihi

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Amin al-Dawla Abu al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq ibn al-Quff al-Masihi, known as Ibn al-Quff, was a 13th-century Christian Arab physician and surgeon renowned for his influential medical writings in the Islamic world.

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instanceOf 13th-century physician
Christian Arab
medical treatise
medical writer
medieval scholar
physician
surgeon
alternateName Amin al-Dawla Abu al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq ibn al-Quff al-Masihi
centuryOfActivity 13th century
contributedTo systematization of surgical knowledge in Arabic
culturalSphere Islamic world
era Islamic Golden Age (late phase)
linked to: Islamic Golden Age
ethnicGroup Arab
linked to: Arabs
fieldOfWork anatomy
medicine
pharmacology
surgery
surgery
givenName Ya‘qub
linked to: Yaqub
hasName Ibn al-Quff
historicalReputation one of the important medieval Arab surgeons
influenced later Islamic surgeons
medical practice in the Islamic world
knownFor detailed anatomical discussions
influential writings on surgery
systematic descriptions of surgical techniques
languageOfWork Arabic
notableWork al-‘Umda fi Sina‘at al-Jiraha
occupation court physician
region Levant
linked to: Levant region
religion Christianity
sourceType primary source for medieval Arabic surgery
usedMedicalTradition Galenic medicine
Islamic medical scholarship
wroteAbout bone fractures
dislocations
postoperative care
surgical instruments
tumors
wound treatment

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Ibn al-Quff fullName Amin al-Dawla Abu al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq ibn al-Quff al-Masihi
Ibn al-Quff alternateName Amin al-Dawla Abu al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qub ibn Ishaq ibn al-Quff al-Masihi