Ibn al-Wafid

Ali Ibn al-Husain Ibn al-Wafid al-Lakhmi (Arabic: علي بن الحسين بن الوافد اللخمي‎) (c. 997 – 1074), known in Latin Europe as Abenguefith, was an Arab pharmacologist and physician from Toledo. He was the vizier of Al-Mamun of Toledo. His main work is Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada (كتاب الأدوية المفردة, translated into Latin as De medicamentis simplicibus). Ibn al-Wafid was mainly a pharmacist in Toledo, and he used the techniques and methods available in alchemy to extract at least 520 different kinds of medicines from various plants and herbs.

Ibn al-Wafid

Ali Ibn al-Husain Ibn al-Wafid al-Lakhmi (Arabic: علي بن الحسين بن الوافد اللخمي‎) (c. 997 – 1074), known in Latin Europe as Abenguefith, was an Arab pharmacologist and physician from Toledo. He was the vizier of Al-Mamun of Toledo. His main work is Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada (كتاب الأدوية المفردة, translated into Latin as De medicamentis simplicibus). Ibn al-Wafid was mainly a pharmacist in Toledo, and he used the techniques and methods available in alchemy to extract at least 520 different kinds of medicines from various plants and herbs.