Ibn al-'Awwam

Ibn al-'Awwam, also called Abu Zakariya Ibn al-Awwam, was an Al-Andalus agriculturist who flourished at Seville in the later 12th century. He wrote a lengthy handbook on agriculture entitled in Arabic Kitāb al-Filāḥa, which is the most comprehensive treatment of the subject in medieval Arabic, and one of the most important medieval works on the subject in any language. It was published in Spanish and French translations in the 19th century.