Works
Ibn al-Nadim (in Kitab al-Fihrist) lists a large number of books on magic, statues, offerings, agriculture, alchemy, physics and medicine, that were either written, or translated from older books, by Ibn Wahshiyya.
His works on Alchemy were co-authored with an Alchemist named Abu Talib al-Zalyat, their works were used by Al-Dimashqi.
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