Muhammad Ibn Umail: an Early Muslim Alchemist

Towards a Context for Ibn Umayl, Known to Chaucer as the Alchemist ‘Senior’

This article will present what we know of the life and times of an important alchemist, Ibn Umayl. It is entitled ‘Towards a Context’ because I have not yet consulted a number of his treatises, which are mostly only available as manuscripts. Ibn Umayl’s position in alchemy accords with Hermetic doctrines, and may have developed as a traditionalist reaction to developments in alchemy around the ...

Kitāb al-shukūk `alā Jālīnūs li-l-tabīb al-faylasūf Muhammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī

what is known as 'Arabian Medicine"' (p. VII). Recent research, however, shows more and more that one cannot speak of a medieval Jewish medicine proper. Jewish physicians studied the Arabic medical works which are based on the Galenic medical tradition. A good example is Maimonides, who according to Jewish scholars, made such a great contribution to medieval medicine. But it now clear that he w...

The Approach of Ibn Rizwan Maleqi and Ibn Azraq Gharnati in Shiism reflection of Sultan Muhammad Khodabandah

The causes and results of Sultan Mohammad Khodabandehchr('39')s Shiism have reflected widely in historical sources of the Eastern Islamic world, especially in Iranian sources. Ibn Rizwan Maleqi (Died 782 AH) and Ibn Azraq Gharnati (Died 896 AH), two prominent Andalusian policymakers in Islamic western world, acquainted with this story through Travelogue of Ibn Battuta. These two have considered...

The \"Kitab al-Shukuk\'alas Jalinus\" of Muhammad ibn Zachariya al-Razi

Alchemist: a General Purpose Transformation Generator Alchemist: a General Purpose Transformation Generator Alchemist: a General Purpose Transformation Generator

The papers in this series are intended for internal use and are distributed by the author. Copies may be ordered from the library of the Department of Computer Science. Abstract alchemist is a general purpose transformation generating environment which supports specii-cation, generation, and execution of data transformations. alchemist allows an abstract spec-iication of the transformation thro...