Ibn Zuhr

Abū Merwān ’Abdal-Malik ibn Zuhr (Arabic: أبو مروان عبد الملك بن زهر‎) (also known as Ibn Zuhr, Avenzoar, Abumeron or Ibn-Zohr) (1091–1161) was an Arab Muslim physician, pharmacist, surgeon, parasitologist, Islamic scholar and teacher in Al-Andalus. He was born in Seville and studied at the University of Córdoba. He belonged to the Banu Zuhr family, which produced five generations of physicians, including two female physicians who served the Almo... more

Abū Merwān ’Abdal-Malik ibn Zuhr (Arabic: أبو مروان عبد الملك بن زهر‎) (also known as Ibn Zuhr, Avenzoar, Abumeron or Ibn-Zohr) (1091–1161) was an Arab Muslim physician, pharmacist, surgeon, parasitologist, Islamic scholar and teacher in Al-Andalus. He was born in Seville and studied at the University of Córdoba. He belonged to the Banu Zuhr family, which produced five generations of physicians, including two female physicians who served the Almohad ruler Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur. Ibn Zuhr was also the teacher of Averroes. He began his medical practice and training under his father, Abu'l-Ala Zuhr (d. 1131). Around 1130, he fell out of favour of with the Almoravid ruler, Ali bin Yusuf bin Tashufin, and fled from Seville. He was however, apprehended and jailed in Marrakesh. Later in 1147 when the Almohad dynasty conquered Seville, he returned and devoted himself to medical practice and teaching. He died at Seville in 1161. He is considered the father of experimental surgery, for... less