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Also Known As Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭufayl al-Qaysī • Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṭufayl al-Qaysī
Born 1109 or 1110 • Guadix • Spain
Died 1185 or 1186 • Marrakech • Morocco
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