Kitāb Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrā /
taʼlīf al-Shaykh al-imām al-ʻālim al-ʻāmil al-ʻallāmah waḥīd dahrihi wa-farīd ʻaṣrihi baqiyat al-mujtahidīn lisān al-mutakallimīn Sayiidī Kamāl al-Dīn Muḥammad al-Damīrī.
كتاب حياة الحيوان الکبرى
Description
- Language(s)
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Arabic
- Published
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Ahmadabad, 999 [1591]
- Subjects
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Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad,
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Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, /
approximately 1203-1283
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad,
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Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, /
approximately 1203-1283
Zoology.
Manuscripts, Arabic.
Science, Medieval.
Manuscrits arabes
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Manuscrits arabes /
Québec (Province)
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Manuscrits arabes / Québec (Province) /
Montréal.
Sciences médiévales.
Zoologie
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Zoologie /
Ouvrages prélinnéens.
Zoologie
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Zoologie /
Empire islamique
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Zoologie / Empire islamique /
14e siècle.
Manuscripts, Arabic
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Manuscripts, Arabic /
Québec (Province)
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Manuscripts, Arabic / Québec (Province) /
Montréal.
Science, Medieval.
Zoology
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Zoology /
Pre-Linnean works.
Zoology
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Zoology /
Islamic Empire
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Zoology / Islamic Empire /
14th century.
Québec
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Québec /
Montréal.
Islamic Empire.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Early works.
Manuscripts, Arabic
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Manuscripts, Arabic /
15th century.
- Summary
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Zoological treatise, with descriptions of animals arranged in alphabetical order.
- Note
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Transcribed in Aḥmadābād, Gujrāt in Laylat al-Mi'rāj (Rajab), 999 [1591]. Copied by 'Abd al-Ḥayy ibn Malik (...?) al-Qārī.
Colophon indicates the composition date of the actual text as Rajab 773 [1372]; fair copy in Sha'bān 805 [1403].
Badly wormed; rule borders; sideheads; folios are laminated, some leaves are restored.
V.1: (BWL W16: 1) 1-478 pages, v.2 (BWL W16: 2) 479-870 pages.
27 lines per page, Indian naskh in black ink with use of red. Laid oriental paper, Catchwords on the verso of each leaf.
Title from the colophon.
Manuscript. codex.
Stamp of Dr. Casey A. Wood on the verso of first page in both volumes.
Appended to volume 1 is a letter written to Casey A. Wood by W. Ivanow.
- Physical Description
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2 volumes, 870 unnumbered pages ;
24 x 16 cm
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