Abu al-Qasim Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Iraqi al-Simawi (died 1260?) was a Muslim
alchemist
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from
Baghdad
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who performed various experiments and wrote the ''Kitāb al-ʿIlm al-muktasab fī zirāʿat al-dhahab'' ("The Book of Acquired Knowledge concerning the Cultivation of Gold").
Al-Jildaki
Ali bin Mahammad Aydamir or ʿIzz al-Dīn al-Jildakī (Egyptian Arabic: عز الدين الجلدكي; Coptic: Ⲉⲍ ⲉⲗⲇⲓⲛ ⲉⲗϫⲗⲇⲕⲓ), also written al-Jaldakī (d. 1342 CE / 743 AH) was an Egyptian alchemist from the 14th ...
was deeply inspired by his works and wrote various commentaries and references regarding the works of Al-Simawi.
References
Alchemists of the medieval Islamic world
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