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Title Kitāb al-khawāṣṣ al-kabīr ﻛﺘﺎﺏ اﻟﺨﻮاﺹ اﻟﻜﺒﻴﺮJābir ibn Ḥayyān ﺟﺎﺑﺮ ﺑﻦ ﺣﻴﺎﻥ
Date(s) 14th century (CE, Gregorian)
Written in Arabic in Arabic
Extent and Format Codex; ff. i+99+ii
Holding Institution British Library: Oriental Manuscripts
Copyright for document Public Domain
Treatise attributed to the alchemist Abū Mūsá Jābir ibn Ḥayyān ()ﺃﺑﻮ ﻣﻮﺳﻰ ﺟﺎﺑﺮ ﺑﻦ ﺣﻴﺎﻥ, concerning the occult
properties (ّ )ﺧﻮاﺹof animals, plants and stones, chemistry and other related subjects. For a resumé of the
diverse subject matter see Kraus, Jābir ibn Ḥayyān. Contribution à l'histoire des id
ées scientifiques dans l'Islam, vol. 1. Le corpus des écrits Jābiriens
(Cairo: Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 1943), pp. 149-52 and al-Hassan 'Industrial
Chemistry in Kitab al-Khawass al-Kabir (The Great Book of Properties) of Jabir ibn Hayyan', in Studies
in al-Kimya' (Hildesheim, Zürich, New York: Olms, 2009).
The text is divided into seventy-one books ()ﻛﺘﺐ, six of which (as well as short extracts of others) have been
edited by Kraus ( Jabir ibn Ḥayyan. Essai sur l'histoire des id ées scientifiques
dans l'Islam, vol. 1. Textes choisis [Paris: Maisonneuve, 1935], pp. 224-332). This
copy is defective at the end, but it can be presumed that only a small number of folios is missing, since the
text on the last surviving folio ends abruptly in the seventy-first and final book of the work (Book Seventy-
one begins on f. 99, line 11).
The manuscript was collected by Eduard Glaser (1855-1908) during his third visit to Yemen in 1887-88 (see
Rieu, Supplement to the Catalogue of the Arabic Manuscripts [London: The British Museum,
1894], p. vii).
اﻟﺤﻤﺪ ﻟﻠﻪ ﻛﻤﺎ ﻫﻮ ﺃﻫﻠﻪ ﻭﻣﺴﺘﺤﻘﻪ اﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢ اﻟﺠﻮاﺩ اﻟﻔﻌﺎﻝ ﻟﻤﺎ ﻳﺮﻳﺪ ﺗﻌﺎﻟﻰ ﻋﻤﺎ ﻳﻘﻮﻝ اﻟﻤﺒﻄﻠﻮﻥ
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ﻋﻠﻮًا ﻛﺒﻴﺮًا ﻣﻦ ﻛﺎﻥ ﺣﺎﻓﻈًﺎ ﻟﻘﺎﻋﺪﺓ ﻛﺘﺒﻨﺎ ﻫﺬﻩ ﺗﺮﺗﻴﺒﻬﺎ ﻭﻣﺎ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻣﻮﺿﻮﻋﻬﺎ ﻓﺴﻴﻌﻠﻢ
...ﻋﻠﻤًﺎ ﻳﻘﻴﻨًﺎ ﺃﻧﺎ ﻭﻋﺪﻧﺎ ﺃﻥ ﻧﺬﻛﺮ ﻓﻲ ﺟﻤﻠﺔ ﻛﺘﺒﻨﺎ ﺷﻴﺌًﺎ ﻣﻔﺮﺩًا ﻓﻲ ﻋﻠﻢ اﻟﺨﻮاﺹ
Ends (f. 99v, lines 23-25 [damaged and semi-legible; transcription conjectural]):
ني ﻭﺇﻧﻲ ﻳﺘﻢ ﻟﻚ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺨﺴﺮﻳﻦ ؟ [ ﻭاﻋﻠﻢ ﺫﻟﻚ ﻭاﻋﺮﻑ ﻣﻮﺿﻊ ﻣﺒﻨﻰ ﻭﺭﺟﻒ ﺳﺘﺮ ...
][...ـ ﺑﻌﺔ ﻭﻣﻦ ﺧﻤﺴﺔ ﻭﻣﻦ ﺳﺘﺔ ﻭﻣﻦ ﺳﺒﻌﺔ ﻭﻻ ﻳﻜﻮﻥ ﺃﻛﺒﺮ ﻣﻦ ﺫﻟﻚ ﻓﻲ اﻝـ ﺃﺭ [...
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Kitāb al-khawāṣṣ al-kabīr ﻛﺘﺎﺏ اﻟﺨﻮاﺹ اﻟﻜﺒﻴﺮJābir ibn Ḥayyān ﺟﺎﺑﺮ ﺑﻦ ﺣﻴﺎﻥ
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