Ibn Shuayb

Ibn Shuayb or Abu l-`Abbas Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Shuayb al-Kirjani (born in Taza, Morocco, died in Tunis on 1 March 1349) was a Moroccan scholar in medicine, alchemy, botany, astronomy, mathematics, a renowned poet and chancellor of the Marinid sultan Abu al Hassan. He is the author of both prose and poetry.

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