Ephraim ibn al-Za'faran was a
Jewish physician who lived in
Cairo
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in the eleventh century. He was renowned for his extensive library of medical and other scientific texts, and at some point was appointed court physician for the
Fatimid Caliph
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Ma'ad al-Mustansir. Ephraim died around 1068 CE.
Medieval Jewish physicians of Egypt
11th-century Egyptian people
11th-century Jews
1068 deaths
Physicians from Cairo
11th-century physicians
Year of birth unknown
Physicians from the Fatimid Caliphate
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