Bab 123: Chapter 123: Abu M?s? J?bir ibn Hayy?n (721-815 CE)

The Wizard

Abu M?s? J?bir ibn Hayy?n was born in the year 721 CE in the town of Tus in the province of Khorasan in Persia (modern day Iran). His father, Hayy?n al-Azdi, was a potions master specializing in healing potions, which may explain why the young J?bir (or Gerber as he was known in Europe) also became a potions master and eventually became one of the most famous of all alchemists.