Ibn Uthal or Ibn Athal ( ar, ابن أثال) was an Arab Christian who was the personal physician of the caliph Mu'awiya I and was regarded as the most distinguished of the medical practitioners of the early

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period. His medical knowledge can be considered a continuation of the tradition that existed in pre- Islamic Arabia. He was skilled in

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and was reportedly killed in a revenge attack.

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