Ibn al-Nafis
c. 1213–1288
Arab physician who first described the circulation of blood through the lungs.
- Known as
- Physician
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- c. 1213, Damascus
- Died
- 1288, Cairo
Alive at the same time as Ibn al-Nafis
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- Nasir al-Din al-Tusi 1201–1274, astronomer
- Rumi 1207–1273, poet
- Haji Bektash Veli c. 1209–c. 1271, Sufi mystic
- Saadi Shirazi c. 1210–1291, poet
- Louis IX of France 1214–1270, king
- Kublai Khan 1215–1294, emperor
- Roger Bacon c. 1219–c. 1292, philosopher of science
- Rabban Bar Sauma c. 1220–1294, traveler
- William of Rubruck c. 1220–c. 1293, traveler
- Nichiren 1222–1282, monk
- Baibars 1223–1277, sultan
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