Abu as-Salt occasionally traveled to Palermo and worked in the court of Roger I of Sicily as a visiting physician.
10 Facts About Abu as-Salt
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Abu as-Salt became well known in Europe through translations of his works made in the Iberian Peninsula and in southern France.
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Abu as-Salt is credited with introducing Andalusi music to Tunis, which later led to the development of the Tunisian ma'luf.
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Abu as-Salt had built a mechanical tool to retrieve the Felucca, and was close to success when the machine's silk ropes fractured.
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Abu as-Salt occasionally traveled to Palermo and worked in the court of Roger I of Sicily as a visiting physician.
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Abu as-Salt is buried in the Ribat of Monastir, Tunisia.
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Abu as-Salt wrote an encyclopedic work of many treatises on the scientific disciplines known as quadrivium.
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Abu as-Salt's poetry is preserved in the anthology of Imad al-Din al-Isfahani.
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Abu as-Salt's interests included alchemy as well as the study of medicinal plants.
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Abu as-Salt was keen to discover an elixir able to transmute copper into gold and tin into silver.