Abu al-Hakim Muhammad ibn Abd al-Malik al-Salihi al-Khwarizmi al-Khati, Al-Khati (flourished 1034), was a Muslim
alchemist from the village of
Kath in the
Khwarezm region. He is known for systematizing Muslim alchemy.
Al-Khati lived and worked in
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...
and nearby, and wrote ''Ain al-San'a wa awn al-Sunâ'' (''The essential
of the Art and the Help for the Artisans'').
The work was crucial for the training of
glass
Glass is a non-crystalline, often transparent, amorphous solid that has widespread practical, technological, and decorative use in, for example, window panes, tableware, and optics. Glass is most often formed by rapid cooling ( quenching ...
-makers, metallurgists, carpenters, and other craftsmen and artisans. The book provided detailed information on various techniques and methods used practically.
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Alchemists of the medieval Islamic world
11th-century scientists
11th-century people from Kievan Rus'