PHYSICIAN

Ibn Butlan

1001 - 1066

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Abū 'l-Ḥasan al-Muḫtār Yuwānnīs ibn al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbdūn ibn Saʿdūn ibn Buṭlān (Arabic: أبو الحسن المختار إيوانيس بن الحسن بن عبدون بن سعدون بن بطلان ; c. 1001 to 1025 – 8 Šauwāl 458 AH or 2 September 1066), commonly known as Ibn Buṭlān (ابن بطلان ), was an Arab physician and Christian theologian. Born in Baghdad, the erstwhile capital city of the Abbasid Caliphate, he travelled throughout Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, and Anatolia, during which time he practiced medicine, studied, wrote, and engaged in intellectual debates—most famously the Battle of the Physicians with the Egyptian polymath Ibn Riḍwān. In 1054, he was in Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, where he witnessed first-hand the East–West Schism among Christendom, contributing a work to the discussions surrounding it for Michael I Cerularius, who was serving as the Patriarch of Constantinople. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Butlan is the 506th most popular physician (down from 428th in 2019), the 284th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 271st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ibn Butlan ranks 506 out of 726. Before him are Constantin von Economo, Kurt Blome, Oskar Minkowski, Wu Lien-teh, Russell M. Nelson, and Madeleine Pelletier. After him are Fritz Klein, Carlo Urbani, Ruth Pfau, Kadambini Ganguly, Ernst von Bergmann, and Caspar Peucer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1001, Ibn Butlan ranks 14. Before him are Antipope Adalbert, Blot-Sweyn, Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Abd al-Rahman V, Gyda of Sweden, and Catherine of Bulgaria. After him are Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, and Eustace Grenier. Among people deceased in 1066, Ibn Butlan ranks 12. Before him are Stenkil, Tostig Godwinson, Muniadona of Castile, Gottschalk, Conan II, Duke of Brittany, and Yahya of Antioch. After him are Udayadityavarman II, and Gyrth Godwinson.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ibn Butlan ranks 284 out of 384. Before him are Kurigalzu II (-1400), Jacob of Serugh (451), Abu Isa al-Warraq (null), Enlil-kudurri-usur (-1300), Kidinnu (-400), and Shamshi-Adad IV (-1100). After him are Tahir Yahya (1913), Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818), Ashur-bel-kala (-1200), Ashur-nadin-ahhe II (-1500), Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), and Ishme-Dagan (-2000).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Iraq

Among physicians born in Iraq, Ibn Butlan ranks 2. Before him are Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi (1162).

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