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Abu Musa Jābir ibn Hayyān (Arabic: جابر بن حيان‎), (Persian: جابر بن حيان) (born c. 721 in tous-died c. 815 in Kufa)[1] was a prominent polymath: a chemist and alchemist, astronomer and astrologer, engineer, geologist, philosopher, physicist, and pharmacist and physician. He is considered by some to be the "father of chemistry."[2] His ethnic background is not clear;[3] although some sources state that he was an Arab [4] other sources introduce him as Persian[5][6] Jābir is held to be the first practical alchemist.[7] one of his discoveries is best discoveries was mineral and acids.

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