INDIAN HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Tufail (also known by a Latinized version of his name, Abubacer Aben Tofail, 1105–85 AD) was an Andalusian Muslim polymath who was born near Granada, Spain, and died in Morocco.

Detailed explanation-2: -After completing his studies, he settled initially in what is present-day Granada, Spain as a physician. In those days, the Iberian Peninsula and large parts of the Maghreb were dominated by the Almohad dynasty (1147–1269). Their ruler in Ibn Tufayl’s time, Caliph Abu Ya’qub Yusuf (r.

Detailed explanation-3: -As a philosopher and novelist, he is most famous for writing the first philosophical novel, Hayy ibn Yaqdhan (The Living Son of the Vigilant), considered a major work of Arabic literature emerging from Al-Andalus. As a physician, he was an early supporter of dissection and autopsy, which was expressed in his novel.

Detailed explanation-4: -Introduction. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al‐Malik ibn Muḥammad ibn Tufayl al‐Qaysi (al-Andalusi, al-Ishbili) (c. 1110–1185), also known in the West as Abentofail and Abubacer, was born in Wadi ‘Ash (modern Guadix, Spain).