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  "ar": "أبو بكر محمد بن عبد الملك بن الطفيل، فيلسوف أندلسي، من كتبه رسالة «حي بن يقظان» المطبوعة و«أسرار الحكمة المشرقية» المطبوعة، توفي سنة 581هـ الموافق 1185م {cite:al-aalam p. 937}.",
  "en": "Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Tufayl, the Andalusi philosopher and author of the printed treatise Hayy ibn Yaqzan and Asrar al-hikma al-mashriqiyya; he died in 1185 {cite:al-aalam p. 937}."
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   "note": "توفي سنة 1185م {cite:al-aalam p. 937}",
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   "layer": "own-research",
   "source": "الأعلام لخير الدين الزركلي (ط2) — باب محمد، ص937",
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High) from Apple Vision OCR",
   "model": "swe-2-high",
   "run": "lib-alam-zirikli-1"
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   "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 عبد الملك بن الطفيل، فيلسوف أندلسي. توفي سنة 581هـ الموافقة لسنة 1185م. {cite:al-aalam p.937}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "كتبه",
     "markdown": "يذكر الزركلي من كتبه رسالة «حي بن يقظان» المطبوعة، و«أسرار الحكمة المشرقية» المطبوعة. {cite:al-aalam p.937} انظر [[work/hayy-ibn-yaqzan|حي بن يقظان]].\n\nما لم يُذكر هنا: ولادته وشيوخه. يحتاج إلى مصدر إضافي."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ibn-tufayl",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik ibn Tufayl, an Andalusian philosopher. He died in 581 AH, which corresponds to 1185 CE. {cite:al-aalam p.937}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "His books",
     "markdown": "Al-Zirikli names among his books the published treatise *Hayy ibn Yaqzan* and the published *Asrar al-Hikma al-Mashriqiyya* (Secrets of Eastern Wisdom). {cite:al-aalam p.937} See [[work/hayy-ibn-yaqzan|Hayy ibn Yaqzan]].\n\nHis birth and his teachers are not recorded in the data. They need an additional source."
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "person/ibn-tufayl",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "ابو بکر محمد بن عبد الملک بن الطفیل، ایک اندلسی فلسفی تھے۔ وہ سنہ 581ھ میں، جو سنہ 1185ء کے مطابق ہے، وفات پا گئے۔ {cite:al-aalam p.937}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "تصانیف",
     "markdown": "زرکلی ان کی کتابوں میں سے شائع شدہ رسالہ \"حی بن یقظان\" اور شائع شدہ \"اسرار الحکمۃ المشرقیہ\" ذکر کرتے ہیں۔ {cite:al-aalam p.937} دیکھیے [[work/hayy-ibn-yaqzan|حی بن یقظان]]۔\n\nجو یہاں ذکر نہیں ہوا: ان کی ولادت اور ان کے اساتذہ۔ اضافی ماخذ کی ضرورت ہے۔"
    }
   ],
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    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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