Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd S̲h̲ams al-dīn Abū ʿAbda al-Anṣārī

Muhammad ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Akfani (, 1286-ca. 1348–49) was a Kurdish Cairene encyclopedist and physician.

Life Ibn al-Akfani was born in Sinjar and lived in Cairo, the capital of Mamluk Egypt. He worked at Al-Mansuri Hospital during a time when the Black Death swept across Egypt with Cairo reporting around 20,000 deaths per day. He died in either 1348 or 1349 of the bubonic plague.

Work He wrote at least 22 books. Most of his books were science related, including logic, gemology, mathematics, medicine and astronomy.

His most famous work was a science encyclopedia called Iršād al-qāsid ilā asnā' al-maqāsid. The encyclopedia examines 60 subjects with bibliographies and a glossary of terms. His book, Kitāb nuhab al-dahā'ir fī ahwāl al-jawāhir, is about gemstones, with a focus about jacinth.