Ibn Abi Al Azaqir

ابن أبي العزاقر

Ibn Abi al-Azaqir al-Shalmaghani — Shi'a figure with standing in alchemy 1

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Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ali al-Shalmaghani, known as Ibn Abi al-Azaqir. Ibn al-Nadim says he had a standing in the craft of alchemy, and that he wrote the books Al-Khamaʾir (The Ferments), Al-Hajar (The Stone), a commentary on Jabir's Book of Mercy, and Al-Branniyat. 2

In Ibn al-Athir

Ibn al-Athir relates that he founded an extreme doctrine of Shi'ism, transmigration and the indwelling of divinity. He was close to al-Muhsin ibn Abi al-Hasan ibn al-Furat during his father's third vizierate, and they held him in belief. 3

According to Ibn al-Athir, he was arrested in Shawwal 322 AH during the vizierate of Ibn Muqla, and was crucified and burned in Dhu al-Qa'da. He is credited with the view that God indwells in everything. 3

These are the claims of the sources cited, and they need an additional source.

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  1. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
  2. al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.507
  3. al-Kamil fi'l-Tarikh of Ibn al-Athir, p.218-219
  • Tarikh al-Islam — Hasan Ibrahim Hasan
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