At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
His pupils
The Encyclopaedia confirms the move to Cairo at an unrecorded date, that he presumably worked at the Nasiri hospital, and that he trained pupils — the best known being Ibn al-Kuff, author of a work on surgery 3.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ibn al-Nafis
- Occurred at
- Cairo
People and things also explored
Death of Ibn al-Nafis at Cairo and his endowment of estate and books to the Mansuri maristan, 21 Dhu al-Qa'da 687/December 1288· Ibn al-Nafis becomes Chief Physician of Egypt and personal physician of Baybars, c. 658/1260· Ibn al-Nafis composes the Theologus Autodidactus (Fadil ibn Natiq) at Cairo, c. 670/1270· Completion of the Mansuri maristan in Cairo, 683/1284· Ibn al-Nafis· Cairo· Al-Azhar Mosque· Bab al-Futuh, Cairo
Sources
- Assabile archive of Tareq al-Suwaidan's lectures (video) , Al Mubdioune, episode 17, at 00:09:30 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
- Assabile archive of Tareq al-Suwaidan's lectures (video) , Al Mubdioune, episode 17, at 00:10:00 · Listen at the archive (opens the audio at this time)
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 897
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Nafis settles in Cairo and joins the Nasiri hospital, 633/1235”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-al-nafis-cairo-633/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.
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