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Islamic zoology

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Hayat al-Hayawan al-Kubra: Al-Damiri's Medieval Zoological Encyclopedia

Hayat al-Hayawan al-Kubra: Al-Damiri's Medieval Zoological Encyclopedia In the 14th century, during the era of the Mamluk Sultanate, a scholar named Al-Din Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Damiri pro...

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Al-Damiri: The Medieval Scholar Who Systematized Arabic Zoology

Al-Damiri: The Medieval Scholar Who Systematized Arabic Zoology In the heart of late medieval Cairo, during the height of the Mamluk dynasty, lived a man of extraordinary intellectual bre...

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