# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ibn-al-nafis
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:38:51.093Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ibn-al-nafis"
name: "Ibn al-Nafis"
slug: "ibn-al-nafis"
description: "ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qarashī, known as Ibn al-Nafīs, was an Arab polymath whose areas of work included medicine, surgery, physiology, anatomy, biology, Islamic studies, jurisprudence, and philosophy. He is known for being the first to describe the pulmonary circulation of the blood. The work of Ibn al-Nafis regarding the right sided (pulmonary) circulation pre-dates the later work (1628) of William Harvey's De motu cordis. Both theories attempt to explain circulation. The 2nd century Greek physician Galen's theory about the physiology of the circulatory system remained unchallenged until the works of Ibn al-Nafis, who has therefore been described as \"the father of circulatory physiology\"."
tagline: "Arab polymath and physician (1213–1288)"
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birthDate: "1215"
deathDate: "1288-12-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump