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Ubayd al-Kayyis. Ibn al-Nadim reports that he was the first to practise sleight of hand (shi'badha) in Islam. Two books are attributed to him: the Book of Sleight of Hand and the Book of Trickery 2.
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- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim
- al-Fihrist of Ibn al-Nadim, p.434
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islam.museum contributors. “Ubayd Al Kayyis”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ubayd-al-kayyis/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.