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Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Physician and observer of Egypt

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ScholarPhysician and observer of Egypt

Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadiعبد اللطيف البغدادي

Approximate dateCairo

A Baghdad physician whose eyewitness account of Egypt describes a terrible famine and the pyramids.

He met Salah al-Din and taught in Cairo and Damascus. In Egypt during the famine of 1200-1202 he examined many skeletons and found that Galen was wrong about the lower jaw. His account also describes the pyramids and the Sphinx.

What grew out of it?

His book is an early model of checking authorities against observation.

Who else is linked?

Cairo and FustatSalah al-DinAyyubidsGiza

Who lived at the same time?

Richard IYaqub al-MansurAl-Nasir li-Din AllahGuy of LusignanMuhammad al-NasirQutb al-Din AibakAl-AdilSalah al-Din

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