Jabir ibn hayyan biography of barack

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Jabir Ibn Haiyan, the alchemist Geber of the Middle Ages, is generally known as the father of chemistry.

Abu Musa Jabir Ibn Hayyan, sometimes called al-Harrani and al-Sufi, was the son of the druggist (Attar). The precise date of his birth is the subject of some discussion, but it is established that he practiced medicine and alchemy in Kufa around 776 C.E.

He was a leading student of Imam Ja'far Sadiq (A.S.). In his early days, he practised medicine and was under the patronage of the Barmaki Vizir during the Abbssid Caliphate of Haroon al-Rashid.

Jabir ibn hayyan biography of barack obama

He shared some of the effects of the downfall of the Barmakis and was placed under house arrest in Kufa, where he died in 803 C.E.
Jabir's major contribution was in the field of chemistry. He introduced experimental investigation into alchemy, which rapidly changed its character into modern chemistry.

On the ruins of his well-known laborat