Muhammad al-Riquti (born 1250)

Born 1250 CE.

Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Riquti al-Mursi (أبو بكر محمد بن أحمد بن الرقوطي, also spelled Abubequer Mohamed ibn Ahmed Al-Ricotí) was a 13th-century Muslim scholar and physician from Murcia. He founded and led a school where he taught Muslims, Christians, and Jews, under the patronage of Alfonso the Wise. Later, he migrated to the Emirate of Granada at the invitation of Sultan Muhammad II.

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