An Andalusian Muslim Scientist: Ibn al-Baytar

Spanish Muslims gave the greatest contribution to botany as an outgrowth of medicine. Abu Muhammad Abd Allah Ibn Ahmad Dhiya al-Din Ibn al-Baytar al-Malaki is considered, among them, one of the most important scientists. A brief profile of him is traced in this paper also with reference to Kitab al-Jami'li-mufradat al-adwiyah wa-al-aghdhiyah, one of his main treatises.