Islamic Alchemy in the context of Islamic Science
These pages are edited
by Prof. Hamed Abdel-reheem Ead
Professor of Chemistry at Faculty of
Science-University of Cairo Giza-Egypt and director of Science Heritage
Center
E-mail: [email protected]
Web
site: http://www.frcu.eun.eg/www/universities/html/hamed2.htm
Old Egyptian Alchemy in the context of Egyptian
Science
Technical Arts Related To Alchemy in Old
Egypt
Part 1
Metallurgy - Copper and Iron Extraction. - Mercury - Metal and
Mysticism - Art of Glass Making - Textile and Dyeing Materials.
Part 2 Earliest Chemical Manuscripts of the Chemical Arts In Egypt - Discovery
of earliest chemical manuscripts - Leyden Papyrus - Stockholm Papyrus - Some
selections from the Leyden Papyrus.
Part 3 Dyeing Processes in Leyden and Stockholm Papyri - Phrygian Stone - Hints
for testing the quality of dyestuffs - Methods For Whitening Pearls - Method of
making Artificial Pearls - Trade Names of Materials used in the
Recipes
Part 4
Alexandria-Egypt and Early Alchemists - Alexandrian Alchemical
Mystics - Fate of Alexandria University - Alexandria In Times Of Muslims - The
Earliest Alchemical Writers In Alexandria
A study of the treatment
and Conservation of Coptic Icons
History of Botany
[This study is made
by Dr. Wafaa M. Amer, Botany Deptartment, Faculty of Science, Cairo
University,Giza 12613, Egypt.]
Part 1: The Date Palm in
Ancient History
Introduction. Date in Ancient Egypt.
Ancient religious traditions. Medicinal uses of date palm in Ancient Egypt. Date
palm in Jewish religion : religion, traditions and legends. Date palm in
Christianity: religion, traditions and legends. Date palm in Islamic: religion,
traditions and legends. Date palm in folk medicine. References.
Part 2: Ancient Egyptian
Agriculture and Crop Processing
Medicine In Old
Egypt
Cosmetics In
Ancient Egypt
Perfumes in Ancient
Egypt
Mummification
in Ancient Egypt
Alchemy in Islamic Times
Alchemy in
Islamic Times
Introduction: Cultural Background -
Islamic Alchemy In Western Writings
The sources of alchemy among
Muslims: Archelaos - Socrates - Plato (Aflatun) - Aristotle (Aristu)o -
Porphyry (d. c. 303) - Galen (Jahnus) (d. c. 199 AD) - Bolos the Democritean of
Mendes - Zosimus - Hermes and Hermetic literature - Sirr al-Khaliqa of
Ballnas
Muslim alchemists: Jabir ibn Haiyan (721-815) - Abu Bakr
Muhammad ibn Zakariyya al-Razi (866-925)
Later Arab alchemists:
Aidamir al-Jildaki (?-1342) - Al-Tughra'i (1063-1120) - Al-Majriti (
-1007)
General review of Muslim chemistry
Alchemy in Ibn Khaldun's
Muqaddimah
Medicine in Islamic Times
Arab Medical
Schools during the 12th and 13th centuries
Edited by Prof.
Maher Abd Al Kader M. Ali.
Arabic (or Islamic) Influence
On the Historical Development of Medicine
Edited and
Prepared By Prof. Hamed A. Ead, Professor of Chemistry, Cairo University [8th
August 1998, Heidelberg, Germany]
Averroes As A
Physician
On the occasion of the 800th Anniversary of the
Muslim Scientist "Averroes". Edited and prepared by Prof. Hamed A. Ead during
the DAAD fellowship hosted by Heidelberg University, July-October,
1998
History of Islamic Science
Based on the book George Sarton, Introduction To the History of
Science. Edited and prepared by Prof. Hamed A. Ead
The Time of Jabir Ibn Haiyan -
Second half of Eighth Century
The Time of Al-Khwarizmi -
First Half of Ninth Century
The Time of Al-Razi - Second
Half of Ninth Century
The Time of Al-Mas'udi - First
Half of Tenth Century
The Time of Abu-l-Wafa -
Second Half of Tenth Century
The Time of Al-Biruni - First
Half of Eleventh Century
The Time of Omar Khayyam -
Second Half of Eleventh Century
Portraits of Twelve Muslim
Scientists in Various Fields
Timeline of Islamic
Scientists (700-1400)