![]() Original resource at: Bibliotheca Alexandrina.ĭescription based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Ibn al-Bayṭār, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad, died 1248 Editor. The Kanz-ul-Mufradat book is now available on Pakistan virtual library for reading and downloads. The book also includes references to 150 earlier Arabic authors and 20 Greek authors. The present book is one of the most famous and important book on various common diseases and their treatment with concoctions of indigenous herbs, medicinal plants etc. ![]() It is a pharmaceutical encyclopedia containing detailed descriptions of more than 1,400 medicinal plants, foods, and drugs and giving their therapeutic values and medicinal uses. Kitab Al-jami li-mufradat al-adwiya wa al-aghdhiya (The book of medicinal and nutritional terms) is Ibn al-Baitar's best-known work. Ibn al-Baitar was also trained by a pioneering Andalusian botanist called Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati. ![]() ![]() His father was a veterinarian, which earned him the nickname al-Baitar, Arabic for veterinarian. He is considered one of the major scientists of Muslim Spain. He was born in Malaga, Spain, and died in Damascus, Syria. ![]()
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