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The encyclopaedic work was probably the first book ever written in Arabic about animals. It has seven volumes and is packed with details about animals, their habitats and behaviour, along...
The best known are Kitāb al-Ḥayawān (The book of the Animal), a seven-part compendium on an array of subjects with animals as their point of departure; Kitāb al-Bayān wa-l-tabyīn (The book of eloquence and exposition), a wide-ranging work on human communication; and Kitāb al-Bukhalāʾ (The book of misers), a collection of anecdotes on ...
Ninth Century. Basra. by Abu Uthman Al-Jaahiz. The Book of Animals was written “in service to God,” says Miller, and partly in response to Aristotle’s biology books. In it, al-Jahiz exhibits an “exciting and very inclusive” approach to humanity.
Aug 11, 2016 · Kitab al Hayawan (Book of Animals). Ninth Century. Basra. by Abu Uthman Al-Jaahiz ( Image Source) The Book of Animals was written “in service to God,” says Miller, and partly in response to Aristotle’s biology books. In it, al-Jahiz exhibits an “exciting and very inclusive” approach to humanity.
The most important of Al-Jahiz’s works, however, is the Book of Animals – Kitab al-Hayawan – which, even incomplete, totals seven fat volumes in the printed edition. It contains important scientific information and anticipates a number of concepts that were not fully developed until the first half of the twentieth century.
The Kitāb al-Ḥayawān ( Arabic: كتاب الحيوان, lit. ' The Book of Animals ') is an Arabic translation of treatises (Arabic: مقالات, maqālāt) of Aristotle 's: Historia Animalium: treatises 1–10; De Partibus Animalium: treatises 11–14; De Generatione Animalium: treatises 15–19.
A Wondrous Journey of Discovery with 9th-century Explorer Al-Jahiz. ‘1001 Inventions and the Book of Animals’ is an educational initiative created by 1001 Inventions. It brings to life one of the oldest books written in Arabic about animals to help inspire curiosity in children and to promote caring for all living things.
