Kitab Hayatul Hayawan New! Guide

If you found a specific research paper about al-Damīrī’s work — for example, on its manuscript tradition, its influence on later European naturalists, or its classification system — that would indeed be interesting. Several scholars have analyzed how Ḥayāt al-Ḥayawān organizes animals alphabetically, incorporates prophetic traditions, and uses animals as moral allegories.

You’re likely referring to (كتاب حياة الحيوان), a classical zoological encyclopedia by the Egyptian scholar Kamāl al-Dīn al-Damīrī (d. 1405 CE). It’s not a single paper but a major medieval Arabic work on animals, blending zoology, hadith, law, medicine, and folklore. kitab hayatul hayawan