Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati

Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati al-Nabati, pseudonimo di Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Mufarraj bin Ani al-Khalil, noto anche come Ibn al-Rumiya o al-Ashshab^[1] (in arabo أبو العباس النباتي‎^?, Abu’l-ʿAbbās al-Nabātī), (Siviglia, 1166 – 1239), è stato un botanico, farmacista e teologo arabo di Al-Andalus (Spagna islamica).

È noto per aver introdotto il metodo scientifico sperimentale nell'area della materia medica.^[2] Le sue tecniche come la separazione dei rapporti fra verificati e non verificati portarono allo sviluppo della farmacologia. Fu un insegnante del botanico andaluso Ibn al-Baytar^[3]^[4].

^ "The History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain," taken from Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari's Nafhut Tibb min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib wa Tarikh Lisan ad-Din Ibn al-Khatib. Translated by Pascual de Gayangos y Arce from copies in the British Museum, vol. 1, pg. 871. London: The Orientalist Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. Sold by W. H. Allen Ltd and M. Duprat.
^ "Tradition and Perspectives of Diabetes Treatment in Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine." Taken from Bioactive Food As Dietary Interventions for Diabetes, pg. 321. Eds. Ronald Ross Watson and Victor Preedy. Academic Press, 2012. ISBN 9780123971531
^ Emilia Calvo, "Ibn al-Baytar." Taken from the Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-western Cultures, pg. 404. Ed. H. Selin. New York: Springer Publishing, 1997. ISBN 9780792340669
^ The Book of Medicinal and Nutritional Terms at the World Digital Library. Last updated: March 16, 2012. Accesso 3 giugno 2013.

[1] "The History of the Mohammedan Dynasties in Spain," taken from Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari's Nafhut Tibb min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib wa Tarikh Lisan ad-Din Ibn al-Khatib. Translated by Pascual de Gayangos y Arce from copies in the British Museum, vol. 1, pg. 871. London: The Orientalist Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. Sold by W. H. Allen Ltd and M. Duprat.

[2] "Tradition and Perspectives of Diabetes Treatment in Greco-Arab and Islamic Medicine." Taken from Bioactive Food As Dietary Interventions for Diabetes, pg. 321. Eds. Ronald Ross Watson and Victor Preedy. Academic Press, 2012. ISBN 9780123971531

[3] Emilia Calvo, "Ibn al-Baytar." Taken from the Encyclopaedia of the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine in Non-western Cultures, pg. 404. Ed. H. Selin. New York: Springer Publishing, 1997. ISBN 9780792340669

[4] The Book of Medicinal and Nutritional Terms at the World Digital Library. Last updated: March 16, 2012. Accesso 3 giugno 2013.

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