Editing Jabir ibn Hayyan (section)

=== Lost writings ===
Although a significant number of the Jabirian treatises on alchemy and magic do survive, many of them are also lost. Apart from two surviving treatises (see immediately above), Jabir's many writings on other topics are all lost:

* '''Catalogues''' (Kr. nos. 1–4): There are three [[Cataloging|catalogues]] which Jabir is said to have written of his own works (Kr. nos. 1–3), and one ''Book on the Order of Reading our Books'' (''Kitāb Tartīb qirāʾat kutubinā'', Kr. no. 4). They are all lost.<ref>All of the preceding in {{harvnb|Kraus|1942–1943|loc=vol. I, pp. 3–4}}.</ref>
* '''The Books on Stratagems''' (''Kutub al-Ḥiyal'', Kr. nos. 1150–1449) and '''The Books on Military Stratagems and Tricks''' (''Kutub al-Ḥiyal al-ḥurūbiyya wa-l-makāyid'', Kr. nos. 1450–1749): Two large collections on 'mechanical tricks' (the Arabic word ''ḥiyal'' translates Greek μηχαναί, ''mēchanai'')<ref>{{harvnb|Kraus|1942–1943|loc=vol. I, p. 141, note 1}}.</ref> and military [[History of engineering|engineering]], both lost.<ref>{{harvnb|Kraus|1942–1943|loc=vol. I, pp. 141–142}}.</ref>
* '''[[Medicine in the medieval Islamic world|Medical]] and [[History of pharmacy|pharmacological]] writings''' (Kr. nos. 2000–2499): Seven treatises are known by name, the only one extant being ''The Book on Poisons and on the Repelling of their Harmful Effects'' (''Kitāb al-Sumūm wa-dafʿ maḍārrihā'', Kr. no. 2145). Kraus also included into this category a lost treatise on [[History of zoology through 1859|zoology]] (''The Book of Animals'', ''Kitāb al-Ḥayawān'', Kr. no. 2458) and a lost treatise on [[History of botany|botany]] (''The Book of Plants'' or ''The Book of Herbs'', ''Kitāb al-Nabāt'' or ''Kitāb al-Ḥashāʾish'', Kr. no. 2459).<ref>All of the preceding in {{harvnb|Kraus|1942–1943|loc=vol. I, pp. 155–160}}.</ref>
* '''Philosophical writings''' (''Kutub al-falsafa'', Kr. nos. 2500–2799): Under this heading, Kraus mentioned 23 works, most of which appear to deal with [[Aristotelianism|Aristotelian philosophy]] (titles include, e.g., ''The Books of [[Logic in Islamic philosophy|Logic]] According to the Opinion of Aristotle'', Kr. no. 2580; ''The Book of [[Category of being|Categories]]'', Kr. no. 2582; ''The Book on [[History of hermeneutics|Interpretation]]'', Kr. no. 2583; ''The Book of [[History of metaphysics|Metaphysics]]'', Kr. no. 2681; ''The Book of the Refutation of Aristotle in his Book [[On the Soul]]'', Kr. no. 2734). Of one treatise (''The Book of Comprehensiveness'', ''Kitāb al-Ishtimāl'', Kr. no. 2715) a long extract is preserved by the poet and alchemist [[Al-Tughrai|al-Ṭughrāʾī]] (1061–c. 1121), but all other treatises in this group are lost.<ref>All of the preceding in {{harvnb|Kraus|1942–1943|loc=vol. I, pp. 161–166}}.</ref>
* '''[[Mathematics in medieval Islam|Mathematical]], [[Astronomy in medieval Islam|astronomical]] and [[Astrology in medieval Islam|astrological]] writings''' (Kr. nos. 2800–2899): Thirteen treatises in this category are known by name, all of which are lost. Notable titles include a ''Book of Commentary on [[Euclid]]'' (''Kitāb Sharḥ Uqlīdiyas'', Kr. no. 2813), a ''Commentary on the Book of the Weight of the Crown by [[Archimedes]]'' (''Sharḥ kitāb wazn al-tāj li-Arshamīdas'', Kr. no. 2821), a ''Book of Commentary on the [[Almagest]]'' (''Kitāb Sharḥ al-Majisṭī'', Kr. no. 2834), a ''Subtle Book on [[Ephemeris|Astronomical Tables]]'' (''Kitāb al-Zāj al-laṭīf'', Kr. no. 2839), a ''Compendium on the [[Astrolabe]] from a Theoretical and Practical Point of View'' (''Kitāb al-jāmiʿ fī l-asṭurlāb ʿilman wa-ʿamalan'', Kr. no. 2845), and a ''Book of the Explanation of the Figures of the [[Zodiac]] and Their Activities'' (''Kitāb Sharḥ ṣuwar al-burūj wa-afʿālihā'', Kr. no. 2856).<ref>All of the preceding in {{harvnb|Kraus|1942–1943|loc=vol. I, pp. 167–169}}.</ref>
* '''Religious writings''' (Kr. nos. 2900–3000): Apart from those known to belong to ''The Five Hundred Books'' (see above), there are a number of religious treatises whose exact place in the corpus is uncertain, all of which are lost. Notable titles include ''Books on the [[Shia Islam|Shi'ite]] Schools of Thought'' (''Kutub fī [[madhhab|madhāhib]] al-shīʿa'', Kr. no. 2914), ''Our Books on the [[Metempsychosis|Transmigration of the Soul]]'' (''Kutubunā fī l-tanāsukh'', Kr. no. 2947), ''The Book of the [[Imamate]]'' (''Kitāb al-Imāma'', Kr. no. 2958), and ''The Book in Which I Explained the [[Torah]]'' (''Kitābī alladhī fassartu fīhi al-tawrāt'', Kr. no. 2982).<ref>All of the preceding in {{harvnb|Kraus|1942–1943|loc=vol. I, pp. 170–171}}.</ref>