Ibn Rassam

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Ibn al-Rassam literally (Son of the Draftsman), was an Egyptian Muslim Alchemist and tile-maker and Mosaic designer, who flourished during the Mamluk Bahri dynasty (1250–1382).^[1]

Ibn Rassam is widely known to have invented the techniques through which he obtained copper from varieties of malachite, he also ascertained indigo by heating various substances.^[2] He was also a colleague of the chemist, Abul Ashba ibn Tammam (d.1361).

References

↑ http://www.jstor.org/pss/1425493
↑ M. Th. Houtsma, Martijn Theodoor Houtsma. E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 4. Books.google.com.pk. Retrieved 2010-06-14.

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

Persondata
Name	Rassam, Ibn
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Short description	Islamic alchemist
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