Jan 14, 2016 arab scholar jabir ibn hayyan is famous for his invention of the philosophers stone purportedly a substance which could turn ordinary metals into gold. Also, as discussed extensively on this talk page, it has been specified in the article that jabir ibn hayyan is popularly known as the father of chemstry, it seems like a perfectly reasonable claim to me. Ibnkhaldun described him in his book when he came to talk about chemistry and said, the pioneer in chemistry was jabir ibnhayan, they even attribute the science to him and say the science of jabir, and he wrote seventy books on chemistry. Jabir ibn hayyan also known by his latinized name geber, circa 721815 was a contemporary of the first abbasids, who ruled circa 750800, and one of the principal proponents of alchemy in the early islamic period. Jun 25, 20 jabir ibn haiyan, the alchemist geber of the middle ages, is generally known as the father of chemistry. Geber, unknown author of several books that were among the most influential works on alchemy and metallurgy during the 14th and 15th centuries. Arab scholar jabir ibn hayyan is famous for his invention of the philosophers stone purportedly a substance which could turn ordinary metals into gold. Jaber ibn hayyan article about jaber ibn hayyan by the free. Abu musa jabir ibn hayyan is the supposed author of an enormous number and variety of. Jabir ibn hayyan is famous for his invention of the. Jabir ibn hayyan books list of books by author jabir ibn. Jabir ibne hayyan father of chemistry in urdu youtube. The great muslim scientist abu musa jabir ibn haiyan geber was father of both laboratory science and chemistry. He was also a supporter of the abbasid revolt against the umayyads, and gathered support for that cause.
Jabir ibn haiyan, the alchemist geber of the middle ages, is generally known as the father of chemistry. See all books authored by jabir ibn hayyan, including the alchemical works of geber, and gebers best writings on alchemy, and more on. In fact the latter deliberately took on the name of his distinguished predecessor, and thus is typically known as the false geber. A bu musa jabir ibn hayyan alazdi, sometimes jabir school in alchemy. There, he studied the quran and became interested in many other fields such as mathematics. By varying the amount of these two substances, you get a new metal. Each book tells the remarkable story of an extraordinary scientist from the past, whose discover. Jabir ibn hayyan also known by the latinized version of his name, geber, 721815 ad, 103200 ah was a muslim polymath, philosopher. Little else is known of his biography, except the fact that at one point he worked under the patronage of a vizier from the. Jabir ibn hayyan active latter 8th century, called geber by europeans, was reputedly the father of moslem alchemy and chemistry. Jabiribn hayyan article about jabiribn hayyan by the. Members of this tribe had settled at the town of kufa, in iraq, shortly after the muhammadan conquest in the seventh century a. Drawing and description of alembic, by jabir ibn hayyan in 8th century. He had established himself as one of the leading scientist while he practiced medicine and alchemy in kufa in present day iraq around 776 c.
Jabir ibn hayyan is widely considered as the father of chemistry but he was also an. Jabir ibn hayyan was a strong adherent of the longestablished belief that more often divine intervention was necessary for solving occult or mystical matters which could not be explained scientifically. Biography of jabir ibn hayyanfather of modern chemistry. Jabir, born around 721 and died around 815 in the village tus in todays iran, grew up in a family where chemistry was not unknown, as his father was a pharmacist. His name has been for many centuries synonymous with utmost authority in alchemy. Geber is the latinized form of jabir, with the full name of abu musa jabir ibn hayyan al azdi arabic.
Jabir was a shia muslim and he was disciple of the sixth shia imam, imam jafar alsadiq as. He systematized a quantitative analysis of substances and was the inspiration for geber, a latin alchemist who developed an important corpuscular theory of matter. Jabir ibn hayyan books list of books by author jabir ibn hayyan. Jabir ibn hayyan project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. He has also been referred to as the father of arab chemistry by europeans. Equally famous was jabir ibn hayyan, the alchemist known in europe as. Ibn hayyan is widely credited with the introduction of the experimental method into alchemy, and. Geber simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The source proposed by the ip is reliable and other reliable sources support it. Jabir ibn hayyan definition of jabir ibn hayyan by the.
Jabir ibn hayyan author of the alchemical works of geber. The grand old man known as the father of modern chemistry. Among the works attributed to jabir the tracts of geber, the most interesting are the last chapters of the book of the seventy. Here he introduced the concept that all metals are composed of two elements, the metallic. Jabir ibn hayyan synonyms, jabir ibn hayyan pronunciation, jabir ibn hayyan translation, english dictionary definition of jabir ibn hayyan. Media in category jabir ibn hayyan the following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total.
By varying the amount of these two substances, you get a. The alchemist jabir ibn hayyan and his kitab alahjar book of stones. Jabir ibn hayyan, abu musa oxford islamic studies online. Abu musa jabir ibn hayyan alazdi, sometimes called alharrani and alsufi, is considered the father of arab chemistry and one of the founders of modern. He was probably born in tus, khorasan, in presentday iran, although some sources claim that he was born and grew up in kufa, iraq. Jabir ibn haiyan, long been familiar to western readers as the alchemist geber of the middle ages, is generally known as the father of chemistry. The alche hayyan, translated by richard russel in 1678.
He emphasizes the long history of alchemy, whose origin is arius. Abu musa jabir ibn hayyan, sometimes called alharrani and alsufi, was the son of the druggist attar. It is reported that jabir was a polymath who wrote 300 books on philosophy, 1,300 books on mechanical devices and military machinery, and hundreds of books on alchemy. Jabir ibn hayyan abu musa jabir ibn hayyan was born in 721 in kufah. The jabirian texts also argue that all things contain a hidden ba. Jabir ibn hayaan the founder of chemistry hikmahway. Abu musa jabir ibn hayyan is one of the most prominent muslim scientists of the early islamic period. Members of this tribe had settled at the town of kufa, in iraq, shortly after the.
Sometimes also called alharrani and alsufi, he was the son of the druggist attar. Jabir ibn hayyan, often known as geber, is sometimes confused with a fourteenthcentury spanish mystic who also called himself geber. The series is part of the biography of jabir ibn hayyan prominent iranian student of imam jafar sadeq pbuh. Jabir suggested a theory which states that metals are composed of sulfur and mercury. Jabir ibn hayyan arabic descent, although some people call it the persian descent, is a muslim who is an expert in the field of chemistry, pharmacy, physics, philosophy and astronomi. The name geber, a latinized form of jabir, was adopted because of the great reputation of the 8thcentury arab alchemist jabir ibn. The earliest biography of jabir, in alfihrist, was written in the tenth century by ibn alnadim, a scholar and bibliographer living in baghdad. Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Some aspects of the life of jabir ibn hayyan as well as the. Jabir ibn hayyan aka geber was an arabic mathematician who discovered many of the properties of chemicals. Abu musa jabir ibn hayyan, generally known merely as jabir, was the son of a druggist belonging to the famous south arabian tribe of alazd. The alchemist jabir ibn hayyan and his kitab al ahjar book of stones. In the dc comic book title demon knights, the 11th century engineer aljabr appears to be based on jabir ibn hayyan.
In his early days, he was under the patronage of the barmaki vizier during the. Jabir ibn hayyan also known by the latinized version of his name, geber, 721815 ce, 103200 ah was a muslim polymath, philosopher, and alchemist. An important investigation to gebers alchemical works, whom is one of important antiquity scientists which did his works with scientific methods, which his name remains on algebra, and he was one of great shia muslims. Arab and muslim physicians and scholars jabir ibn hayyan samir s. Abu musa sometimes abu abdallah jabir ibn haiyan alazdl altusl, alartusl, alharram, alsufi, also alkufi or altartusi in 987 ibn alnadim compiled the kitab alfihrist which mentions jabir as a spiritual leader and a companion to jafar alsadiq he is not listed among the students of jafar but many of the writings of the jabirian corpus are dedicated to jafar.
Among the works attributed to jabir, the most interesting are the last chapters of the book. Arab alchemist, whose many works enjoyed enormous esteem among later alchemists, such as geber. Holmyard, eric john, introduction to the works of geber, translated by richard russell london. It seems clear that there was a real person called jabir ibn hayyan about whom we know little except that he lived in alkufa, an important city of abbasid iraq, and that he had the reputation for skill in alchemy. Holmyard, a notable scholar in the field of alchemy, author of makers of chemistry and the arabic works of jabir ibn hayyan says that jabir was from the alazd tribe, one of the many southern arab tribes that settled in ali doostzadeh 22. This new series of biographies with dramatic illustrations is superbly written with the hope of providing a complete picture of the contributions of various muslim scientists to the islamic sciences. Jaber ibn hayyan article about jaber ibn hayyan by the. Little else is known of his biography, except the fact that at one point he worked under the patronage of a vizier from the barmakid dynasty, and that he was in kufa when he died.
Geber, aka abu musa jabir ibn hayyan, was a prominent islamic alchemist, pharmacist, philosopher, astronomer, and physicist. Jabir ibn hayyan geber wrote more than 3,000 research articles and treatises in his life, and more than 70 books were translated into other languages. Jabir ibn hayyan is the father of modern chemistry and here. The three books on alchemy by geber, the great philosopher. Jabber was the one who laid the foundations for modern scientific chemistry. Born abu musa jabir ibn hayyan, jabir practiced alchemy and medicine professionally in the town of kufa, now in iraq, beginning around 776. Jabir ibn haiyan, known by the name of the alchemist geber of the middle ages, is generally known as the father of chemistry.
The precise date of his birth is the subject of some discussion, but it is established that he practised medicine and alchemy in kufa around 776 c. Jabir ibne hayyannew effactshd720pepisode7 in urdu. Pdf on jan 1, 2007, samir amr and others published jabir ibn hayyan find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Synthesized cosmological and scientific ideas, including the neoplatonic theory of emanation of the world and depiction of the cosmos as a hierarchy of concentric spheres, the pythagorean concept of cosmic harmony arising from qualitative or symbolic properties of numbers, the chinese magic square and numerical symbolism, and the. Jabir ibn hayyan also known by the latinized version of his name, geber, 721 815 ad, 103200 ah was a muslim polymath, philosopher. Jabir ibn hayyan is mentioned in satyajit rays short stories of professor shonku. Jabiribn hayyan article about jabiribn hayyan by the free.
He also firmly believed that someone with a profound religious or spiritual bent of mind had the power to influence divinity. Jabir ibn hayyan perfected the distillation process, wh ich is still used in the creation of perfume, gasoline. Jabir ibn hayyan background and childhood my hayah. Jabir ibn hayyan definition of jabir ibn hayyan by the free. Mar 07, 2018 the series is part of the biography of jabir ibn hayyan prominent iranian student of imam jafar sadeq pbuh. He was undoubtedly the pioneer in the field of exact science. Jul 29, 2019 he talks about several muslim scientists, including the most acknowledged chemist.
Science in the light of islam jabir ibn hayyan wattpad. Jabir ibn hayyan also known by the latinized version of his name, geber, 721815 ad, 103200 ah was a muslim polymath, philosopher, and alchemist. Jabir ibn hayyan is mentioned in the graphic novel habibi by craig thompson, pp. He is considered to be the founder of experimental chemistry, and had lots of discoveries in the field. He has also been widely referred to as the father of chemistry. He is credited with inventing the alembic, an early form of distillation apparatus that. Jabir ibn hayyan definition of jabir ibn hayyan at. Pdf on jan 1, 2007, samir s amr and others published jabir ibn hayyan.
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