Source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene
The process of distilling crude oil/petroleum into kerosene, as well as other hydrocarbon compounds, was first written about in the mid 800’s by the Persian scholar Rāzi (or Rhazes). Termed naft abyad (“white naphtha”), Razi produced kerosene and various other compounds using an apparatus called alembic. In his Kitab al-Asrar (Book of Secrets), the physician and chemist Razi described two methods for the production of kerosene. One method involved using clay as an absorbent
As this was extracted from Clay - That is why aous time yahi Name Suit kia 
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