Ibn Waḥshiyya, died c. 930, was a Nabataean agriculturalist, toxicologist, and alchemist born in Qussīn, near Kufa in Iraq. He is the author of the Nabataean Agriculture, an influential Arabic work on agriculture, astrology, and magic.
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![Attempted translation of Egyptian hieroglyphs by pseudo-Ibn Wahshiyyah (from Shawq al-mustahām, Paris MS Arabe 6805, fol. 92v-93v).[22]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Paris%2C_Bnf_man_Arabe_6805_fol._92v-93v_Shawq_al-Mustaham_Attempted_translation_of_hieroglyphs.jpg/1280px-Paris%2C_Bnf_man_Arabe_6805_fol._92v-93v_Shawq_al-Mustaham_Attempted_translation_of_hieroglyphs.jpg)
Writers born in the 900s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 900 to 930 · aged 30
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