Mansur al-Kamili

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Mansur ibn Bara adh-Dhahabi al-Kamili, (c.1236) was a medieval Muslim metallurgist, chemist and sociologist in Egypt. Among his works are "Chemical aspects of medieval minting in Egypt" (Kashf al-asrar al-cilmiya bidar al-darb al-Misriya). [1]

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