About Ibn Habal
Lived 1122 – 1213 (aged 91). Ibn Habal was a physician and poet.
Muhadhdhib al-Dīn Abūʼl-Hasan ʻAlī ibn Ahmad Ibn Habal known as Ibn Habal (c. 1122 - 1213) was an Arab physician and scientist born in Baghdad. He was known primarily for his medical compendium titled Kitab al-Mukhtarat fi al-tibb , "The Book of Selections in Medicine." It was written in 1165 in Mosul, north of Baghdad, where Ibn Hubal spent most of his life.
The chapters on kidney and bladder stones were edited and translated into French by P. de Koning in his Traité sur le calcul dans les reins et dans la vessie (1896). Other chapters have been translated by Dorothee Thies in Die Lehren der arabischen Mediziner Tabari und Ibn Hubal über Herz, Lunge, Gallenblase und Milz (1968).
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Who was Ibn Habal?
Muslim Baghdadi physician and poet
When was Ibn Habal born?
Ibn Habal was born on 22 January 1122 in Baghdad.
When did Ibn Habal die?
Ibn Habal died on 3 June 1213 in Mosul.
What was Ibn Habal's occupation?
Ibn Habal was a physician and poet.
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