Jābir bin Hayyān

Japanese: ジャービル･ブン･ハイヤーン（英語表記）Jābir b.Ḥayyān

Arab alchemist from around 721 to around 815. His Latin name was Geber. His father was a Shiite apothecary in the Khorasan region who plotted rebellion against the Umayyad dynasty and was killed for this. Jabir was born in Tus in this region and was also a devout Shiite. He stayed in his father's hometown of Kufa for a long time, but was invited by the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid to go to Baghdad and become his court physician, and also gained the favor of the Barmak family. During this time, he immediately cured the illness of Yahya's favorite concubine with an elixir (called elixir in Latin and usually compared to the philosopher's stone), and is said to have gained great trust from him.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

721ころ‐815ころ
アラビアの錬金術師。ラテン名ゲーベルGeber。彼の父はホラーサーン地方でウマイヤ朝に謀反を企てたシーア派の薬種商で，それゆえに殺害されたといわれる。ジャービルはこの地のトゥースで生まれ，やはり熱心なシーア派に属していた。長く父の故郷クーファにとどまっていたが，アッバース朝のカリフ，ハールーン･アッラシードに招かれてバグダードに赴き，その宮廷付きの医師となり，バルマク家の知遇も得た。その間，この家のヤフヤーの寵姫の病気を秘薬〈イクシールal‐iksīr〉(ラテン世界ではエリクシルelixirと呼ばれ，通常〈賢者の石〉に比せられる)で直ちに治し，大いに信用を博したといわれる。

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