Ephraim ibn al-Za'faran was a Jewish physician who lived in Cairo in the eleventh century. He was renowned for his extensive library of medical and other scientific texts, and at some point was appointed court physician for the Fatimid Caliph Ma'ad al-Mustansir. Ephraim died around 1068 CE. Medieval Jewish physicians of Egypt 11th-century Egyptian people 11th-century Jews 1068 deaths Physicians from Cairo 11th-century physicians Year of birth unknown Physicians from the Fatimid Caliphate