ابن الطفيل

ابن الطفيل

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Tufayl, the Andalusi philosopher and author of the printed treatise Hayy ibn Yaqzan and Asrar al-hikma al-mashriqiyya; he died in 1185 1.

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Roles
Philosopher
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
al-Andalus & Europe
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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era · The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era Contemporaries: Muwaffaq al-Din Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi · Abd al-Mughith al-Harbi · Abd al-Qadir al-Rahawi · Abd al-Razzaq ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Abd al-Salam ibn Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani

Overview

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Tufayl, an Andalusian philosopher. He died in 581 AH, which corresponds to 1185 CE. 2

His books

Al-Zirikli names among his books the published treatise Hayy ibn Yaqzan and the published Asrar al-Hikma al-Mashriqiyya (Secrets of Eastern Wisdom). 2 See Hayy ibn Yaqzan.

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Authored
Hayy ibn Yaqzan
Participated in
Ibn Ṭufayl presents Ibn Rushd to the caliph

People and things also explored

ابن رشد الحفيد· Ibn Ṭufayl presents Ibn Rushd to the caliph· Hayy ibn Yaqzan

Sources

  1. al-Alam — al-Zirikli , p. 937
  2. al-Alam — al-Zirikli , p.937
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ابن رشد الحفيد

Abu al-Walid Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Rushd of Cordoba — Averroes to the Latins; he devoted himself to Aristotle, translated him into Arabic and wrote some fifty works including Fasl al-maqal, Tahafut al-tahafut against al-Ghazali, Bidayat al-mujtahid and the Kulliyyat on medicine; the Almohad caliph al-Mansur honoured him, then exiled him to Marrakesh and had some of his books burned, then relented — he died there in 1198 and his body was carried to Cordoba.