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Ibn al-Nafis (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia article on the Arab polymath and physician Ibn al-Nafis, consulted for its lead-section biography and infobox dates.

Facts
Publisher
Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Nafis
Source Type
reference
Reliability Tier
3
General encyclopedia reference, actively edited; tier 3 matching this atlas own dominant live convention for a Wikipedia source.
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Ibn al-Nafis (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Lead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), same excerpt as entity-description; no page-furniture text is cited per PlaybookNote 10821
    was an Arab polymath whose areas of work included medicine, surgery, physiology, anatomy, biology, Islamic studies, jurisprudence, and philosophy. He is known for being the first to describe the pulmonary circulation of the blood.
  • Lead section (MediaWiki plaintext extract), same excerpt as entity-description
    was an Arab polymath whose areas of work included medicine, surgery, physiology, anatomy, biology, Islamic studies, jurisprudence, and philosophy. He is known for being the first to describe the pulmonary circulation of the blood.
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Claims Backed By This Source (9 claims)

This source backs 9 claims across the atlas. As facts: 6 well-attested. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Scientists, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 holds, 2 general references.
  • Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.

Well-attested

6

Scientists

Holds

1

Scientists

General References

2

Scientists

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