The Abbasid Activist Ḥayyān al-ʿAṭṭār as the Father of Jābir b. Ḥayyān: An Influential Hypothesis Revisited

In 1927 Holmyard formulated the hypothesis that the Abbasid activist Ḥayyān al-ʿAṭṭār (“Ḥayyān the Perfumer”, fl. 98/717) was the father of the second/eighth century alchemist Jābir b. Ḥayyān. It will be shown here that this hypothesis is contradicted by two sources that have since been published (t...

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Published in:Journal of Abbasid Studies
Main Author: Delva, Thijs (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
In: Journal of Abbasid Studies
Further subjects:B Alchemy Geber Ḥayyān al-ʿAṭṭār Jābir b. Ḥayyān Jābir-problem
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)