As-Suwaydi’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Was Poet
Physician
From Egypt
Syria
Type

Healthcare
Literature

Gender male
Birth

1204, Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria

Death

1291, Damascus, Damascus Governorate, Syria
(aged 87 years)

As-Suwaydi (1204–1292, AH 604–690, full name ‘Izz al-Dīn Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭarkhān as-Suwaydī ابراهيم ابن محمد ابن طرخان السويدى) was a medieval Arab physician from the Aws tribe, and a pupil of Ibn al-Baytar. Active in Cairo and Damascus, he compiled three works: a treatise on plant names, a treatise on the medical use of stones, and a book of medical recipes and procedures (Tadhkirah).
As-Suwaydi’s Tadhkirah was epitomized by Shaʿrānī in the 16th century.

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