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Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Abi Khalid Ibn al-Jazzar Al-Qayrawani (circa 898-980) , was an influential 10th-century Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 physician who became famous for his writings on Islamic medicine
Islamic medicine

In the history of medicine, Islamic medicine or Arabic medicine refers to medicine developed in the Islamic Golden Age and written in Arabic language, the lingua franca of the Islamic civilization....
. He was born in Qayrawan in modern-day Tunisia
Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian Republic , is a country located in North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast....
. He was known in Europe by the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
ized name Algizar.

major work was Zad al-Musafir. He also had some books on geriatric medicine and health of elderly (Kitab ?ibb al-Mashayikh)or (?ibb al-Mashayikh wa-?if? ?i??atihim).






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Abu Ja'far Ahmad ibn Abi Khalid Ibn al-Jazzar Al-Qayrawani (circa 898-980) , was an influential 10th-century Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 Muslim
Muslim

:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits "....
 physician who became famous for his writings on Islamic medicine
Islamic medicine

In the history of medicine, Islamic medicine or Arabic medicine refers to medicine developed in the Islamic Golden Age and written in Arabic language, the lingua franca of the Islamic civilization....
. He was born in Qayrawan in modern-day Tunisia
Tunisia

Tunisia , officially the Tunisian Republic , is a country located in North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the southeast....
. He was known in Europe by the Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
ized name Algizar.

Books

His major work was Zad al-Musafir. He also had some books on geriatric medicine and health of elderly (Kitab ?ibb al-Mashayikh)or (?ibb al-Mashayikh wa-?if? ?i??atihim). Also a book on sleep disorders and another one on forgetfulness and how to strengthen memory (Kitab al-Nisyan wa-?uruq Taqwiyat al-Dhakira) and a Treatise on causes of mortality (Risala fi Asbab al-Wafah). Also he had other books on pediatrics
Pediatrics

Differences between adult and pediatric medicinePediatrics differs from adult medicine in many respects. The obvious body size differences are paralleled by maturational changes....
, fevers, sexual disorders, medicine of the poor, therapeutics, vaticum, coryza, stomach disorders, leprosy, separate drugs, compound drugs, and this is in addition to his books in other areas of science, e.g., history, animals and literature.

See also

  • List of Arab scientists and scholars
    List of Arab scientists and scholars

    This is a list of scientists and scholars from the Arab World and Islamic Spain that lived from Ancient history up until the beginning of the Modern era, consisting primarily of scholars during the Middle Ages....


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