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  2. Alchemy in the medieval Islamic world - Wikipedia

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    Some Arabic Jabirian works (e.g., the "Book of Mercy", and the "Book of Seventy") were later translated into Latin under the Latinized name "Geber". [17] In 13th-century Europe an anonymous writer, usually referred to as pseudo-Geber, started to produce alchemical and metallurgical writings under this name. [18]

  3. Liber de compositione alchemiae - Wikipedia

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    The Liber de compositione alchemiae ("Book on the Composition of Alchemy"), also known as the Testamentum Morieni ("Testament of Morienus"), the Morienus, or by its Arabic title Masāʾil Khālid li-Maryānus al-rāhib ("Khalid's Questions to the Monk Maryanos"), is a work on alchemy falsely attributed to the Umayyad prince Khalid ibn Yazid (c. 668 – c. 704). [1]

  4. Artephius - Wikipedia

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    As The Secret Book of Artephius was respected and mentioned by Roger Bacon many times, Artephius’ writing is dated to around 1150. [2] One author, Restoro d'Arezzo, conflated Orpheus with Artephius in his Composizione del Mondo in 1282. [3] This mistake was due to a translation error, with the Arabic for Orpheus and Artephius being very similar.

  5. Arabic phonology - Wikipedia

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    The standard pronunciation of ج in MSA varies regionally, most prominently in the Arabian Peninsula, parts of the Levant, Iraq, north-central Algeria, and parts of Egypt, it is also considered as the predominant pronunciation of Literary Arabic outside the Arab world and the pronunciation mostly used in Arabic loanwords across other languages ...

  6. Arabs: A 3,000-Year History of Peoples, Tribes and Empires

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    The United Arab States was a short-lived confederation of the United Arab Republic (Egypt and Syria) and North Yemen from 1958 to 1961. [15]The title of the book refers to Arabs without using the definite article "the" (Arabs instead of the Arabs) because, according to the author, the meaning of the word has repeatedly changed over time, making it "misleading" to use. [16]

  7. Al-Kitaab series - Wikipedia

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    The Al-Kitaab series is a sequence of textbooks for the Arabic language published by Georgetown University Press with the full title Al-Kitaab fii Taʿallum al-ʿArabiyya (Arabic: الكِتاب في تَعَلًُم العَرَبِيّة, "The book of Arabic learning"). It is written by Kristen Brustad, Mahmoud Al-Batal, and Abbas Al-Tonsi ...

  8. List of literary works by number of translations - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Mormon: See Origin of the Book of Mormon: 1830: 115 [15] English: 13 Asterix: René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo: 1959–present: 115 [16] (not all volumes are available in all languages) French: 14 The Quran: See History of the Quran: 650 >114 [17] [18] Classical Arabic: 15 The Way to Happiness: L. Ron Hubbard: 1980: 114 [19] English ...

  9. Turba Philosophorum - Wikipedia

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    The earliest text known to draw on the Turba is the Kitab al-Ma al-waraqi by Ibn Umail, who died in the middle of the tenth century. In turn, an earlier date can be ruled out by the appearance in the text of poison hidden in the body of a woman, which kills a dragon by her embrace.