| 词条 | Al-Damiri |
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He wrote the first work to elaborate systematically Arabic zoological knowledge.[2] LifeAl-Damiri belonged to one of the two towns called Damira near Damietta and spent his life in Egypt. Of the Shafiite school of law, he became professor of tradition in the Rukniyya at Cairo, and also at the mosque al-Azhar; in connection with this work he wrote a commentary on the Minhāj al-Ṭalibīn of Al-Nawawi.[1] Al-Damiri is, however, better known in the history of literature for his Life of Animals[3] (Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrā, {{circa}}1371), which treats in alphabetic order of 931 animals mentioned in the Quran, the traditions and the poetical and proverbial literature of the Arabs. The work is a compilation from over 500 prose writers and nearly 200 poets. The correct spelling of the names of the animals is given with an explanation of their meanings. The use of the animals in medicine, their lawfulness or unlawfulness as food, their position in folklore are the main subjects treated, while occasionally long irrelevant sections on political history are introduced.[1] The work exists in three forms. The fullest has been published several times in Egypt; a mediate and a short recension exist in manuscript. Several editions have been made at various times of extracts, among them the poetical one by al-Suyuti, which was translated into Latin by Abraham Ecchelensis (Paris, 1667). Bochartus in his Hierozoicon (1663) used al-Damiri's work. There is a translation of the whole into English by Lieutenant-Colonel Jayakar (Bombay, 1906–1908).[1] Notes1. ^1 2 3 {{EB1911|inline=1 |wstitle=Damiri |volume=7 |page=788 |first=Griffithes Wheeler |last=Thatcher}} 2. ^{{cite book|last=Egerton|first=Frank N.|title=Roots of Ecology: Antiquity to Haeckel|year=2012|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=0520953630|page=21}} 3. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/arabic/b_d.html#damiri |title=Islamic Medical Manuscripts § Al-Damiri |publisher=U.S. National Library of Medicine |accessdate=2018-01-12}} External links{{cite encyclopedia | last = Vernet | first = Juan | title=Al-Damīrī, Muhammed Ibn Musa | url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2830901067.html | encyclopedia = Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography | publisher = Encyclopedia.com | origyear=1970-80 | year = 2008 }}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Damiri, Al-}} 4 : 1344 births|1405 deaths|Egyptian writers|Zoologists of medieval Islam |
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