# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ali-ibn-isa-al-kahhal
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:52:40.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ali-ibn-isa-al-kahhal"
name: "Ali ibn Isa al-Kahhal"
slug: "ali-ibn-isa-al-kahhal"
description: "ʿAlī ibn ʿĪsā al-Kahhal, surnamed \"the oculist\" (al-kahhal) was the best known and most celebrated Arab ophthalmologist of medieval Islam. He was known in medieval Europe as Jesu Oculist, a Latin translation of his name. Like his teacher Ibn al-Tayyib, he was a Christian."
tagline: "Ophthalmologist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Double_Opening_of_the_'Memorandum_for_Oculists'_by_Ali_Ibn_Isa_al-Kahhal_(CBL_Ar_4002%2C_ff.103b-104a).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "940"
deathDate: "1010"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.07725066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "علي بن عيسى الكحال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "আলি ইবনে ঈসা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alí ibn Issa al-Kahhal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "عەلی کوڕی عیسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_ibn_Isa"
    title: "Ali ibn Isa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_ibn_Isa_al-Kahhal"
    title: "Ali ibn Isa al-Kahhal"
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    title: "علی بن عیسی کحال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ali ibn Isa al-Kahhal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Али ибн Иса аль-Каххал"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_bin_%C3%8Es%C3%A2_el-Kehh%C3%A2l"
    title: "Ali bin Îsâ el-Kehhâl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_ibn_Isa_al-Kahhal"
    title: "Ali ibn Isa al-Kahhal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18686295"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump