Harmis

هرمس

Hermes — the Babylonian sage who took the sciences to Egypt in Abu Sahl's account 1

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Overview

Hermes, a scholar who was in Babylon. Ibn al-Nadim in the "Fihrist", reporting from Abu Sahl, describes him as among the most complete of its people in reason, the most correct in knowledge and the most subtle in thought. 2

The account

The account says that the scholars scattered after the appearance of the Prophet ﷺ. Hermes fell to the land of Egypt, ruled its people, built up its land, set its inhabitants in good order, and displayed his knowledge there, while most of the knowledge remained in Babylon. 2

The account is ascribed to Abu Sahl in the "Fihrist", and the museum's data holds no second source for it, so it needs an additional source.

Sources

  1. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
  2. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.332-333
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islam.museum contributors. “Harmis”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/harmis/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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