Al-Jawbari

'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar Zain al-Din al-Dimashqi, commonly known as Al-Jawbari (Arabic: الجوبري‎; fl. 619/1222^[1]) was an Arab author known for his writings that denounce alchemical imposture and superstitions.^[2]

Al-Jawbari wrote the "Book of Selected Disclosure of Secrets" (Kitāb al-mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār) exposing the fraudulent and deceptive antics which he had seen practiced by the wandering quacks, the charlatans, fake alchemists and money changers.^[3] In it he speaks of "the people of al-kimya (alchemists) who know three hundred ways of making dupes". The book also describes the preparation of rose water.^[4]

He was born in Jawbar.

References

↑ Al-Hassan, A. Y. (2001). Science and technology in Islam. The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture 2. UNESCO. p. 56. ISBN 92-3-103830-3.
↑ Sarton, George (1975). Introduction to the history of science. R.E. Krieger Pub. Co. p. 635. ISBN 0882751727.
↑ Abrahams, Harold J. (1 July 1984). "Al-Jawbari on False Alchemists". Ambix 31 (2): 84–88. doi:10.1179/000269884790224874.
↑ Forbes, R. J. (1970). A Short History of the Art of Distillation: From the Beginnings Up to the Death of Cellier Blumenthal. BRILL. p. 45. ISBN 9789004006171.

Alchemy and chemistry in medieval Islam

Alchemists

7th century	Khālid ibn Yazīd

8th century	Harbi al-Himyari Ja'far al-Sadiq

9th century	Jābir ibn Hayyān Abbas ibn Firnas Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri Ziryab

10th century	Ibn Wahshiyya Muhammed ibn Umail al-Tamimi Al-Razi Al-Farabi Ibn al-Nadim Al-Majriti Abu Mansur Muwaffaq

11th century	Ibn al-Wafid Al-Bīrūnī Avicenna Al-Khwarizmi al-Khati Miskawayh Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis Ahmad ibn 'Imad al-Din

12th century	Al-Khazini Artephius Al-Tughrai Al-Nabarawi Abu'l Hasan ibn Arfa Ra'a Abu al-Salt

13th century	Ibn al-Baitar Abu al-Abbas al-Nabati Al-Kātibī Attar of Nishapur Al-Simawi Hasan al-Rammah Mansur al-Kamili

14th century	Ibn Rassam Al-Jaldaki Abul Ashba ibn Tammam

Concepts

Works

Kitab al-Kimya
Kitab al-Sab'een

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