Ibn al-Wafid

ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Wāfid al-Lakhmī (Arabic: علي بن الحسين بن الوافد اللخمي; c. 1008 – 1074), known in Latin Europe as Abenguefith, was an Andalusian Arab^[1][2] pharmacologist and physician from Toledo. He was the vizier of Al-Mamun of Toledo. His main work is Kitāb al-Adwiya al-Mufrada (كتاب الأدوية المفردة), translated into Latin as De Medicamentis Simplicibus.^[3]

Ibn al-Wāfid ابن الوافد
Born	1008[1] Taifa of Toledo, Andalusia, now Province of Toledo, Spain
Died	1074 (aged 65-66)
Occupation	Pharmacologist, Physician, Vizir of Al-Mamun of Toledo
Notable works	Kitāb al-adwiya al-mufrada كتاب الأدوية المفردة

Ibn al-Wafid was mainly a pharmacist in Toledo, and he used the techniques and methods available in alchemy to extract at least 520 different kinds of medicines from various plants and herbs.

One of his students was Ibn al-Lūnquh.