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Ibn Wafid

1008–1074 · 11th century

Ibn Wafid (1008–1074) was an Andalusi physician, pharmacologist and agronomist at the court of al-Mamun of Toledo. He wrote a treatise on simple drugs, later translated into Latin, and a work on agriculture. He laid out the royal garden of Toledo, the Huerta del Rey, one of the earliest botanical gardens in Europe.

Ibn Wafid
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