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Book/Printed Material The Greater "Life of Animals", Volume 2.

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Title

  • The Greater "Life of Animals", Volume 2.

Summary

  • Kamal ud-Din Al-Damiri (circa 1341--1405 AD, 742--808 AH) was a tailor-turned-scholar. He was born in Cairo and spent most of his life in Egypt. Hayat al-Hayawan (Life of animals) is his best-known work. It is found in two versions, referred to as the greater and the lesser. It includes more than 1050 entries on animals, arranged according to the Arabic alphabet. Some of the entries are long, others are shorter or duplicates. The longest entry, for example, is for the lion, and runs to 11 pages. Other entries are only a few words. Duplication occurs when animals have synonymous names, or when the female or the young of a particular species are named differently. Mammals and birds figure most prominently in the work. The book was one of the works that Ottoman Sultan Selim I ordered printed when he occupied Egypt in 1517 AD.

Names

  • Damīrī, Muḥammad ibn Mūsá, 1341?-1405 Author.

Created / Published

  • Egypt : [publisher not identified], 1868.

Headings

  • -  Egypt
  • -  1341 to 1405
  • -  Animals -- Classification
  • -  Arabic manuscripts
  • -  Folklore
  • -  Islamic law
  • -  Proverbs, Arabic
  • -  Proverbs, Persian

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 512 pages.
  • -  Original resource at: Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
  • -  Content in Arabic.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666175

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Damīrī, Muḥammad Ibn Mūsá, 1341?-1405 Author. The Greater "Life of Animals", Volume 2. [Egypt: Publisher Not Identified, 1868] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666175/.

APA citation style:

Damīrī, M. I. M. (1868) The Greater "Life of Animals", Volume 2. [Egypt: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666175/.

MLA citation style:

Damīrī, Muḥammad Ibn Mūsá, 1341?-1405 Author. The Greater "Life of Animals", Volume 2. [Egypt: Publisher Not Identified, 1868] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666175/>.