At a glance
- Roles
- Physician
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- 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
Ziyad ibn Khalfun, a physician of Qayrawan, a client of the Aghlabids. He died in the year 308 AH according to the encyclopedia Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa al-Udaba' (the Common Era conversion is derived) 1.
Not much is known of his origin. The entry needs an additional source.
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. “Ziyad ibn Khalfun”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ziyad-ibn-khalfun/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.