Ala al-Din

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Ala al-Din is the given name of the medieval Arab physician and polymath Ibn al-Nafis, renowned for his early description of pulmonary circulation.

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instanceOf Islamic scholar
human
medieval scientist
physician
polymath
challengedTheoryOf interventricular pores in the heart
civilization Islamic Golden Age
culture Arab
linked to: Arabs
dateOfBirth c. 1210
dateOfDeath 1288
described pulmonary circulation of the blood
educatedAt Bimaristan al-Nuri in Damascus
era medieval Islam
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence
medicine
philosophy
physiology
theology
fullName Ala al-Din Ali ibn Abi al-Hazm al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi
gender male
givenName Ala al-Din
influenced later theories of blood circulation
influencedBy Avicenna
Galen
knownAs Ibn al-Nafis
languageOfWork Arabic
notableFor commentaries on Avicenna’s Canon of Medicine
critique of Galenic cardiac anatomy
early description of pulmonary circulation
medical encyclopedia Al-Shamil fi al-Tibb
philosophical novel Theologus Autodidactus
occupation jurist
medical writer
philosopher
physician
theologian
placeOfBirth Syria
near Damascus
placeOfDeath Cairo
Egypt
religion Islam
workAuthored Al-Shamil fi al-Tibb
Sharh Tashrih al-Qanun
Theologus Autodidactus
workedIn Cairo
Damascus

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Ibn al-Nafis givenName Ala al-Din
Ala al-Din Ibn al-Nafis givenName Ala al-Din
subject linked to: Ala al-Din