At a glance
- Roles
- Physician · writer
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Maghreb
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- PhysicianTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Ja'far Umar ibn Ali ibn al-Baddhukh al-Qal'i al-Maghribi, a physician and pharmacist from the Maghrib. He was known for his knowledge of simple and compound medicines and their preparation, and he wrote verse. He died in 576 AH (1180 CE). 1
People and things also explored
The 'Adudi Bimaristan· The Mu'ayyadi Bimaristan of Wasit· Akrabadhin (the pharmacopoeia, a treatise on compound drugs)· Anbik (the alembic; head of the distilling apparatus)· Abu Abdallah al-Natili· Ahmad al-Damanhuri· al-Khunaji Afdal al-Din Muhammad· Al-Mudhaffar al-Himsi
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ibn al-Baddhukh, Umar ibn Ali”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-al-baddhukh-umar/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.