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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Butlan has received more than 88,188 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Butlan is the 428th most popular physician, the 271st most popular biography from Iraq and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Physician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 88k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.77

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Ibn Butlan ranks 428 out of 726. Before him are David Cooper, William Kaelin Jr., Giorgio Biandrata, Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel, Kiyoshi Shiga, and Jean Guillaume Auguste Lugol. After him are Ferdinand von Mueller, Zilda Arns, Petrus Alphonsi, Caspar Peucer, Johann Lukas Schönlein, and Oskar Vogt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1001, Ibn Butlan ranks 14. Before him are Blot-Sweyn, Abd al-Rahman V, Antipope Adalbert, Gyda of Sweden, Alberic of Cîteaux, and Catherine of Bulgaria. After him are Eustace Grenier, and Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani. Among people deceased in 1066, Ibn Butlan ranks 11. Before him are Al-Bayhaqi, Elisiv of Kiev, Muniadona of Castile, Tostig Godwinson, Gottschalk, and Yahya of Antioch. After him are Conan II, Duke of Brittany, Udayadityavarman II, and Gyrth Godwinson.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ibn Butlan ranks 271 out of 384. Before him are Kidinnu (-400), Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (1970), Emmanuel III Delly (1927), Entemena (-2430), Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1976), and Kadashman-Enlil I (-1400). After him are Yitzhak Mordechai (1944), Abdullah Goran (1904), Ashur-bel-kala (-1200), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), Shamshi-Adad IV (-1100), and Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932).

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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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