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Ibn al-Rassam (literally Son of the Draftsman) was an Egyptian Muslim alchemist and tile maker and mosaic designer, who flourished during the Mamluk Bahri dynasty (1250–1382).

Ibn Rassam is widely known to have invented the techniques through which he obtained copper from varieties of malachite. He also ascertained indigo by heating various substances. He was a colleague of the chemist, Abul Ashba ibn Tammam (d.1361).

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1. Nasser Rabbat (1998). "Architects and Artists in Mamluk Society: The Perspective of the Sources". Journal of Architectural Education. 52 (1): 30–37. doi:10.1111/j.1531-314X.1998.tb00253.x. JSTOR 1425493.
2. M.Th. Houtsma; A.J. Wensinck. T.W. Arnold; W. Heffening; E. Lévi-Provençal (eds.). First Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936. Vol. 4. E.J. Brill. Retrieved 14 June 2010.

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