He served as court physician to the last Egyptian Fatimid caliphs and later to Saladin, who pensioned him when he was sixty-three years old.
hiː sˈɜːvd æz kˈoːɹt fɪzˈɪʃən tə ðə lˈæst ɪdʒˈɪpʃən fˈæɾɪmˌɪd kˈeɪlɪfz ænd lˈeɪɾɚ tə sˈælɐdˌɪn, hˌuː pˈɛnʃənd hˌɪm wɛn hiː wʌz sˈɪkstiθɹˈiː jˈɪɹz ˈoʊld.