About Afdal al-Din al-Khunaji
Lived 1194 – 1248 (aged 53–54). Afdal al-Din al-Khunaji was a writer, philosopher, physician and cleric.
Afḍal al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Nāmāwar ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Khūnajī, best known as Afḍal al-Dīn Khūnajī (May 1194December 1248), was a Persian scholar and a judge (qadi) in Ayyubid Egypt. He is an important figure in the history of logic in the Arabic language. He appears to have hailed from the locality of Khunaj (a small town to the north of Zanjan) which had been destroyed in the 13th century during the Mongol invasion of Iran.
Extant works al-Jumal al-Mujaz Kashf al-asrār ʿan ghawāmiḍ al-afkār Kulliyyāt al-Mūjaz fī ʿilm al-amrāḍ or al-Asbāb wa-l-ʿalāmāt al-Maṭālib al-ʿāliya fī l-ʿilm al-ilāhī
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Who was Afdal al-Din al-Khunaji?
Iranian physician and cleric
When was Afdal al-Din al-Khunaji born?
Afdal al-Din al-Khunaji was born in 1194 in Azerbaijan (Iran).
When did Afdal al-Din al-Khunaji die?
Afdal al-Din al-Khunaji died in 1248 in Cairo.
What was Afdal al-Din al-Khunaji's occupation?
Afdal al-Din al-Khunaji was a writer, philosopher, physician and cleric.
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