Kitab al-Hayawan
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Kitab al-Hayawan is a seminal 9th-century Arabic work of zoology and literature that combines animal observations with anecdotes, theology, and early evolutionary ideas.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic literary work
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book ⓘ medieval scientific text ⓘ zoological work ⓘ |
| author | Al-Jahiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorBelongsTo | Basran school of philology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| contains |
Qur’anic references
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animal fables ⓘ early ideas related to evolution ⓘ hadith references ⓘ observations on animal behavior ⓘ philological discussions ⓘ poetry quotations ⓘ theological arguments ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 9th century ⓘ |
| field |
Arabic literature
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zoology ⓘ |
| genre |
adab literature
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belles-lettres ⓘ encyclopedic work ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| hasApproximateVolumeCount | 7 ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Islamic zoological literature
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later discussions of natural selection in Islamic thought ⓘ medieval Arabic prose style ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelian zoology
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Greek zoological writings ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Arabic rhetoric
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animal anecdotes ⓘ animals ⓘ linguistics ⓘ natural philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ zoological observation ⓘ |
| movement | Muʿtazilite theology ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early formulation of ideas resembling natural selection
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integration of science and literature ⓘ rich use of Arabic vocabulary related to animals ⓘ systematic observation of animals ⓘ use of anecdotes to illustrate moral and theological points ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic Golden Age scholarship ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Basra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Islamic Golden Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleTranslation | Book of Animals NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Abu Uthman Amr ibn Bahr al-Jahiz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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