Ibn al-Faqīh

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1001 Inventions

Edited by Salim T. S. al-Hassani

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Printed p. 249 PDF p. 252Reading page

“…Travelers from the ninth and tenth centuries include Ibn al-Faqih, who compares the customs, food diets, codes of dress, rituals, and also some of the fl. ora and fauna of China and India.…”

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Printed p. 314 PDF p. 317Biographical entry

“…(1197-1248); Malaga, Spain; physician, herbalist, pharmacist, and botanist Ibn al- Faqih, al-Ha madhani (tenth centur y); Baghdad, Iraq; geographer and traveler. Ibn al-Ha ytham, Abu Ali al-Hasan (965-1039), also known as Alhazen; Syria,…”

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