Jabir Bin Hayyan

"Shiite alchemists used it to describe the creation of artificial life. In his ninth century "Book of Stones," the Persian Jabir Ibn Hayyan wrote -- using a secret script and codes -- about the creation of a homunculus."  Well, here they make Jabir as if he was part of a Shi`ite Iranian conspiracy of the Khumayni regime.  Of course, the origins of Jabir are in dispute: Henry Corbin is the one who claimed that he belonged to the Azd tribe while others believed that he was from the Arab East.  Paul Kraus disputs that Jabir authored all the books attributed to him.