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'''Ali Ibn al-Husain Ibn al-Wafid''' (997-ca.1074), known in [[Latin language|Latin]] Europe as '''Abenguefit''', was a pharmacologist and physician from [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]. He was the vizier of [[Al-Mamun of Toledo]]. His main work is ''Kitab al-adwiya al-mufrada'' (translated into Latin as ''De medicamentis simplicibus'').<ref>Emilia Calvo, "Ibn Wafid", in: ''The Encyclopaedia of the history of Science, technology, and Medicine in Non Western Cultures'', ed. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 1997, p. 438</ref> were printed in Latin more than fifty times, appearing as ''De Medicinis universalibus et particularibus''.

Ibn al-Wafid was mainly a [[Pharmacist]] in [[Toledo]], he used the techniques and methods available in [[Alchemy]] to extract at least 520 different kinds of medicines from various [[plants]] and [[herbs]].

His student [[Ali Ibn al-Lukuh]] was the author of ''Umdat al-Tabib fi ma'arifat al-nabat li kuli labib'', a famous botanical dictionary.

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==External links==
*''Toledo'', on Muslim Heritage.com, page 6 [http://www.muslimheritage.com/uploads/Toledo.pdf] (retrieved November 26 2008)

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