Kitāb al-Khayl

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Arabic literary work classical Arabic prose work lexicographical work treatise on horses

Kitāb al-Khayl is a classical Arabic work traditionally attributed to the philologist al-Asmaʿi that focuses on horses, their terminology, and related lore in early Arab culture.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Kitāb al-Ibil	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Arabic literary work ⓘ classical Arabic prose work ⓘ lexicographical work ⓘ treatise on horses ⓘ
aimsTo	document precise Arabic terminology for equine features ⓘ preserve Bedouin vocabulary about horses ⓘ
associatedPerson	al-Asmaʿi NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Abbasid-era philology ⓘ Basran philological school NERFINISHED ⓘ
attributionStatus	traditional ⓘ
contains	anecdotes related to horses ⓘ explanations of rare Arabic terms ⓘ lists of specialized horse vocabulary ⓘ poetic citations about horses ⓘ
culturalContext	Bedouin culture ⓘ early Arab culture ⓘ
field	Arabic philology ⓘ lexicography ⓘ zoological literature ⓘ
focusesOn	Bedouin horse lore ⓘ descriptive terms for horses ⓘ horse breeds and types ⓘ horse colors ⓘ horse markings ⓘ names of horses ⓘ pre-Islamic and early Islamic Arab culture ⓘ terminology of horse equipment ⓘ terminology of horse gaits and movement ⓘ
genre	adab literature ⓘ philological treatise ⓘ
influenced	later Arabic works on horses and camels ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
mainSubject	Arabian horse lore ⓘ equine terminology ⓘ horses ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	Iraq (Abbasid cultural milieu) NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	Arabian horse NERFINISHED ⓘ Arabic animal literature ⓘ works of al-Asmaʿi ⓘ
scholarlyDebate	authorship and exact textual history ⓘ
timePeriodDescribed	early Islamic period ⓘ pre-Islamic Arabia ⓘ
traditionallyAttributedTo	al-Asmaʿi NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	reference in studies of Arabian horses ⓘ source for later Arabic lexicographers ⓘ

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Al-Asmaʿi → notableWork → Kitāb al-Khayl ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kitāb al-Ibil