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Al-Damiri
Egyptian writer on canon law and natural history · Writers · Lived 1341 to 1405 · aged 64
Al-Damiri (1341-1405), the common name of Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa al-Damiri, was an Egyptian Shafi'i Sunni scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, and expert in Arabic from late medieval Cairo. He was best known for his writing on Muslim jurisprudence and natural history.
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He wrote the first known systematic work on zoological knowledge in Arabic, the Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrā, c.1371.
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Writers
Type
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Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1341 to 1405 · aged 64
