Ibn al-Rassam (literally Son of the Draftsman) was an Egyptian Muslim alchemist and tile maker and mosaic designer, who flourished during the Mamluk Bahri dynasty (1250–1382).[1]

Ibn Rassam is widely known to have invented the techniques through which he obtained copper from varieties of malachite. He also ascertained indigo by heating various substances.[2] He was a colleague of the chemist, Abul Ashba ibn Tammam (d.1361).

References

  1. ^ Nasser Rabbat (1998). "Architects and Artists in Mamluk Society: The Perspective of the Sources". Journal of Architectural Education. 52 (1): 30–37. doi:10.1111/j.1531-314X.1998.tb00253.x. JSTOR 1425493.
  2. ^ M.Th. Houtsma; A.J. Wensinck. T.W. Arnold; W. Heffening; E. Lévi-Provençal (eds.). First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. Vol. 4. E.J. Brill. Retrieved 14 June 2010.


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