Al-Jawbari

'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Umar Zain al-Din al-Dimashqi, commonly known as Al-Jawbari (Arabic: الجوبري; fl. 619/1222^[1]) was a medieval Arab author known for his denunciation of alchemy.^[2]

Al-Jawbari wrote the "Book of Selected Disclosure of Secrets" (Kitāb al-mukhtār fī kashf al-asrār) exposing the fraudulence he had seen practiced by alchemists and money changers.^[3] He writes 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. Vol. 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.

[1] Al-Hassan, A. Y. (2001). Science and technology in Islam. The Different Aspects of Islamic Culture. Vol. 2. UNESCO. p. 56. ISBN 92-3-103830-3.

[2] Sarton, George (1975). Introduction to the history of science. R.E. Krieger Pub. Co. p. 635. ISBN 0882751727.

[3] Abrahams, Harold J. (1 July 1984). "Al-Jawbari on False Alchemists". Ambix. 31 (2): 84–88. doi:10.1179/000269884790224874.

[4] 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.

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