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  "ar": "ابن باجة"
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  "ar": "أبو بكر محمد بن باجة التجيبي السرقسطي، من فلاسفة الإسلام ومنسوب إلى مذهب الحكماء، وكان مع اشتغاله بالفلسفة شاعراً مجيداً عارفاً بالأنساب، له كتب كثيرة منها مجموعة في الفلسفة والطب والطبيعيات، توفي شاباً بفاس، والأفرنج يسمونه «أفمباس» {cite:al-aalam p. 868}.",
  "en": "Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Bajja of Zaragoza, a philosopher of Islam, also a fine poet and genealogist; author of many works including a collection on philosophy, medicine and the natural sciences, he died young at Fez — the Franks call him Avempace {cite:al-aalam p. 868}."
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   "calendar": "julian",
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   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "أدرج ابن العماد ترجمته في أخبار سنة ثلاث وثلاثين وخمسمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 583}؛ توفي شاباً بفاس {cite:al-aalam p. 868}؛ التحويل مشتق."
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    "value": "أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن الصايغ",
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    "value": "Avempace",
    "kind": "latinized"
   }
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   "philosopher"
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   "edtf": "1138~",
   "hijri": "0533",
   "calendar": "julian",
   "precision": "year",
   "status": "tradition",
   "derived": true,
   "note": "أدرج ابن العماد ترجمته في أخبار سنة ثلاث وثلاثين وخمسمائة {cite:shadharat-dhahab p. 583}؛ توفي شاباً بفاس {cite:al-aalam p. 868}؛ التحويل مشتق."
  },
  "sources": [
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   "source/shadharat-dhahab"
  ],
  "provenance": {
   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الأعلام لخير الدين الزركلي (ط2) — باب محمد، ص868",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "model": "swe-2-high",
   "run": "lib-alam-zirikli-1"
  },
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 1,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High); extracted from al-Zirikli al-A'lam via Apple Vision OCR"
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  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى، المعروف بابن باجة، التجيبي السرقسطي، من فلاسفة الإسلام. ويسميه الأفرنج «أفمباس». {cite:al-aalam p. 868}\n\nذكر المصدر أنه كان شاعراً مجيداً عارفاً بالأنساب إلى جانب الفلسفة، وله كتب كثيرة في الفلسفة والطب والطبيعيات. توفي شاباً في [[place/fez|فاس]]. {cite:al-aalam p. 868}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ibn-bajja",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Yahya, known as Ibn Bajja, of the Tujibi family of Zaragoza, one of the philosophers of Islam. The Europeans call him \"Avempace\". {cite:al-aalam p. 868}\n\nThe source says that he was a skilled poet and knew genealogies as well as philosophy, and he wrote many books on philosophy, medicine and natural science. He died young in [[place/fez|Fez]]. {cite:al-aalam p. 868}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ibn-bajja",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ابو بکر محمد بن یحییٰ، جو ابن باجہ کے نام سے معروف ہیں، التجیبی السرقسطی اور اسلامی فلاسفہ میں سے تھے۔ یورپی انہیں «افمباس» کہتے ہیں۔ {cite:al-aalam p. 868}\n\nماخذ کے مطابق وہ فلسفے کے ساتھ ساتھ اچھے شاعر اور انساب کے ماہر بھی تھے، اور ان کی فلسفے، طب اور طبیعیات پر بہت سی کتابیں ہیں۔ وہ نوجوانی میں [[place/fez|فاس]] میں فوت ہوئے۔ {cite:al-aalam p. 868}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ibn-bajja",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-19"
  }
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  "person/abd-al-wahhab-al-shirazi",
  "person/abd-al-wahhab-ibn-abd-al-qadir",
  "person/abu-al-najib-al-suhrawardi",
  "person/abu-ali-al-hijri",
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  "person/abu-bakr-ibn-abd-al-baqi",
  "person/abu-ishaq-al-saffar-al-bukhari",
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  "person/abd-al-hafid-of-morocco",
  "person/abu-hasun-al-wattasi",
  "person/hassan-i-of-morocco",
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  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
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