Jabir ibn Hayyan was one of the most well known Muslim Scholar, scientist and writers in Islamic Golden period.
Full Name: Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan
Arabic: أَبو موسى جابِر بِن حَيّان
Born: 721 AD
Origin: Kufa (Iraq) / Tus (Iran)
Died: 806-816 A.D.
Famous for: Alchemy, Chemistry, Magic, and Shi’ite religious philosophy
Contributions:
Oldest known systematic classification of chemical substances
The oldest known instructions for deriving an inorganic compound
His works also contain one of the earliest known versions of the sulfur-mercury theory of metals
Science of the balance, science of artificial generation
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- Chemistry, Philosophy
The Works Of Geber – Philosopers Stone
- The most famous Arabian prince and philosopher of the investigation and perfection of the Philosopers Stone
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- Biographies, Chemistry
Jabir Ibn e-Hayyan Kimia al-Arab al-Awwal جابر بن حيان.. كيميائى العرب الأول
- جابر بن حيان.. كيميائى العرب الأول عبد الفتاح مصطفى غنيمة
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- Biographies
Jabir Bin Hayyan جابر بن حيان
- Life and contributions by one of the most famous Muslim scientist Jabir Bin Hayyan, written by Zaki Najib Mahmud.
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- Medicine
Muṣaḥḥaḥāt Aflāṭūn مصححات أفلاطون
- This is an Arabic transmission of Plato's work in 17-18th century by Jabir Ibn Hayyan. Islamic MSS Microfilm Princeton Digital Library of Islamic Manuscripts, Alchemy—Islamic Empire—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
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- Chemistry, Geology, Philosophy
Kitāb al-khawāṣṣ al-kabīr كتاب الخواص الكبير
- Kitab al-Khawass al-Kabir-Treatise attributed to the alchemist Abū Mūsá Jābir ibn Ḥayyān (أبو موسى جابر بن حيان), concerning the occult properties (خواصّ) of animals, plants and stones, chemistry and other related subjects. The text is divided into seventy-one books (كتب), six of which (as well as short extracts of others) have been edited by Kraus,
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- Chemistry
The Three Books on Alchemy by Geber
- Attributed to Jabir al-Hayyan, The present work was written in three parts, covering the properties of metals, alchemical techniques, and the properties of the planets. It was printed in 1531 by Johann Grüninger, a German printer and publisher working in Strasbourg.
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- Chemistry
Majmu Nafis fi al-Kimiya مجموع نفيس في الكيمياء
- Majmu Nafis fi al-Kimiya مجموع نفيس في الكيمياء is original manuscript attributed to eminent scholar Jabir ibn Hayyan جابر بن حيان
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