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Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani

1548 – 1610

Moroccan physician

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Lived 1548 – 1610 (aged 61–62). Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani was a pharmacist, physician, writer and scientist.

Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed ibn Ibrahim al-Wazir al-Ghassani al-Andalusi (1548–1610) was a physician at the Saadian court. He studied medicine with his father. He lived in Marrakesh and Fez and was of Morisco descent. It is probable that he was the author of Hadiqat al-azhar fi mahiyyat al-ushb wa-l-aqqar (Garden of Flowers in the Explanation of the Character of Herbs and Drugs), a treatise on pharmacology and botany. A hospital in Fez was named after him.

He was sent by the Moroccan Sultan Mulay Zaidan as an envoy to the Low Countries. He was followed in this role by Al-Hajari, and later Yusuf Biscaino.

Muhammad Alguazir was also the author of an anti-Christian polemical work, Apología contra los artículos de la ley Cristiana, written at the order of Mulay Zaidan.

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Important facts

Born
1548, Fez
Birth century
Died
1610
Also known as
Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed ibn Ibrahim al-Wazir al-Ghassani al-Andalusi

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Who was Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani?

Moroccan physician

When was Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani born?

Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani was born in 1548 in Fez.

When did Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani die?

Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani died in 1610.

What was Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani's occupation?

Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani was a pharmacist, physician, writer and scientist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed al-Ghassani

· Wikidata: Q4670605

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