Al-Simawi

Abu al-Qasim Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Iraqi al-Simāwi (d.1260?) was a Muslim Alchemist from Baghdad he carried various experiments was the famous author of Kitab al-lm al-muktasab fi zirat al-dhahab (The Book of Acquired Knowledge concerning the Cultivation of Gold). Al-Jildaki was deeply inspired by his works and wrote various commentaries and references regarding the works of Al-Simawi.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/arabic/bioS.html#simawi

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

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 90057413 LCCN: no2007004867 GND: 1089736568

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