Abul Qasim ibn Mohammed ibn Ibrahim al-Wazir al-Ghassani al-Andalusi () (1548–1610) was a famous physician at the Saadian court. He studied medicine with his father. He lived in Marrakesh and

Fez Fez most often refers to: * Fez (hat), a type of felt hat commonly worn in the Ottoman Empire * Fez, Morocco (or Fes), the second largest city of Morocco Fez or FEZ may also refer to: Media * ''Fez'' (Frank Stella), a 1964 painting by the moder ...

and was of

Morisco Moriscos (, ; pt, mouriscos ; Spanish for "Moorish") were former Muslims and their descendants whom the Roman Catholic church and the Spanish Crown commanded to convert to Christianity or face compulsory exile after Spain outlawed the open ...

descent. It is probable that he was the author of ''Hadiqat al-azhar fi mahiyyat al-ushb wa-l-aqqar'' (''Garden of Flowers in the Explanation of the Character of Herbs and Drugs''), a treatise on pharmacology and botany. A hospital in

was named after him. He was sent by the Moroccan Sultan Mulay Zaidan as an envoy to the

Low Countries The term Low Countries, also known as the Low Lands ( nl, de Lage Landen, french: les Pays-Bas, lb, déi Niddereg Lännereien) and historically called the Netherlands ( nl, de Nederlanden), Flanders, or Belgica, is a coastal lowland region in N ...

. He was followed in this role by Al-Hajari, and later

Yusuf Biscaino Yusuf Biscaino, also Ahmad b. Abd Allah al-Hayti al-Maruni (), was a Morisco in the service of the Moroccan Sultan Mulay Zidan. He was sent as an ambassador to the Low Countries in 1610-11. He met with Prince Maurice of Nassau who inquired to him ...

.''Romania Arabica'' by Gerard Wiegers p.410
/ref> Muhammad Alguazir was also the author of an anti-Christian polemical work, ''Apología contra los artículos de la ley Cristiana'', written at the order of Mulay Zaidan.''Poetry Islamic literature in Spanish and Aljamiado'' by G.A. Wiegers p.193''ff''
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1548 births 1610 deaths 16th-century Moroccan physicians 17th-century Moroccan physicians Ambassadors of Morocco to the Netherlands Moroccan writers People from Fez, Morocco People from Marrakesh Arab chemists {{Morocco-writer-stub