Jabir ibn Hayyan

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Jabir ibn Hayyan was a pioneering polymath often regarded as the father of early chemistry (alchemy), whose works profoundly influenced Islamic and later European scientific thought.

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instanceOf Islamic scholar ⓘ
alchemist ⓘ
chemist ⓘ
person ⓘ
polymath ⓘ
associatedWith Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
House of Wisdom ⓘ
civilization Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
culturalImpact bridged Islamic and European scientific traditions ⓘ
era 8th century ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
fieldOfWork alchemy ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
chemistry ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
honorificTitle father of chemistry ⓘ
father of early chemistry ⓘ
influenced Islamic alchemy ⓘ
Latin alchemical tradition ⓘ
medieval European alchemy ⓘ
medieval European chemistry ⓘ
influencedBy Greek natural philosophy ⓘ
Hellenistic alchemy ⓘ
Islamic theology ⓘ
JabirianCorpusLanguage Arabic ⓘ
JabirianCorpusReception translated into Latin ⓘ
knownFor description of chemical processes ⓘ
experimental approach in alchemy ⓘ
influence on Latin alchemical corpus ⓘ
systematization of alchemy ⓘ
languageOfWork Arabic ⓘ
legacy foundational figure in history of chemistry ⓘ
major authority in medieval alchemical literature ⓘ
name Geber ⓘ
Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Jābir ibn Ḥayyān ⓘ
linked to: Jabir ibn Hayyan
notableWork Book of the Balances ⓘ
Book of the Kingdom ⓘ
Kitab al-Kimya ⓘ
Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir ⓘ
Kitab al-Sab'in ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
status historicity debated by modern scholars ⓘ
tradition Islamic alchemy ⓘ
Islamic science ⓘ
writingsAttributed Jabirian corpus ⓘ

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Islamic Golden Age → notableScholar → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Jabir ibn Hayyan → name → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Jabir ibn Hayyan → name → Jābir ibn Ḥayyān ⓘ
linked to: Jabir ibn Hayyan
Early Islamic period → hasKeyFigure → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Ja'far al-Sadiq → teacherOf → Jabir ibn Hayyan (traditional attribution) ⓘ
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Geber → nameInLatin → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Geber → alsoKnownAs → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Geber → alsoKnownAs → Abu Musa Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
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Kitab al-Kimya → author → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Kitab al-Kimya → traditionalAttribution → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Kitab al-Sab'in → author → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Kitab al-Sab'in → attributedTo → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir → author → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir → attributedTo → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Book of the Balances → author → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Book of the Balances → attributedTo → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Jabirian corpus → traditionallyAttributedTo → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Jabirian corpus → associatedWith → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Book of the Kingdom → author → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ
Book of the Kingdom → attributedTo → Jabir ibn Hayyan ⓘ