Al Saih Al Alawi

Al-Sa'ih al-Alawi, Abu Bakr Ali ibn Muhammad al-Khurasani, a Sufi from the descendants of al-Hasan ibn Ali (may God be pleased with him). Ibn al-Nadim says that the craft of alchemy succeeded for him, according to the people of this craft. ²

He used to move between the lands out of fear for himself from the ruler. His books reached Ibn al-Nadim from the regions of the mountains, among them "Risalat al-Yatim", "al-Hajar al-Tahir", "al-Haqir al-Nafi'", "al-Tahir al-Khafi", "al-Usul", and works on poetry, blood, eggs and the making of their waters. ²