Talk:Muwaffaq al-Din Yaqub ibn Siqlab

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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 23:34, 12 June 2026 (UTC)

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• ... that Muwaffaq al-Din Yaqub ibn Siqlab, a physician native to the Old City of Jerusalem, was fluent in Classical Greek and regularly recited passages from Galen to inform his treatments?

• Source: *Kohlberg, Etan (1992). A Medieval Muslim Scholar at Work: Ibn Tawus and His Library.
• Masalha, Nur (2022). Palestine Across Millennia: A History of Literacy, Learning and Educational Revolutions.

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Created by Tiamut (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Tiamut (talk) 11:45, 25 May 2026 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: Article was recently expanded and is well-referenced using literary sources. Copyvio passes. Prose is natural and detailed. Flow and diffusion of links can be improved, and I've edited a bit to increase clarity and introduce an infobox. Hook could be streamlined to "...that Muwaffaq al-Din Yaqub ibn Siqlab was fluent in Classical Greek and regularly recited passages from Galen to inform his medical treatments?" Otherwise, great work! RabidTuberculosis (talk) 19:48, 11 June 2026 (UTC)

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Thanks for your work on this article, @Tiamut. I see a problem with two citations. Al-Dhahabi 2021 is cited, but there is no such work in the bibliography; and Kohlberg 1998 is also cited, but the only Kohlberg in the bibliography is from 1992. Surtsicna (talk) 20:29, 17 June 2026 (UTC)

Thank you @Surtsicna. I think I fixed those errors now. Appreciate you catching them. Tiamut (talk) 20:37, 17 June 2026 (UTC)