Marine biological report in the Nuḫbat al-dahr fī ʿaǧāʾib al-barr wa-al-baḥr

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The aim of this article is to present a medieval Arabic report regarding six
animals from the Gulf of Aden, to provide a zoological identification of five of the animals in question, which may be identified, and to comment on the biological data provided by the report in the light of both contemporary and modern zoological knowledge and, thus, to evaluate the scientific standard of the report.
Translated title of the contributionMarinbiologisk optegnelse i NUḪBAT AL-DAHR FĪ ʿAǦ ʾIB AL-BARR WA-AL-BAḤR
Original languageEnglish
JournalArabic Sciences and Philosophy
Volume24
Issue number1
Pages (from-to)169-180
Number of pages12
ISSN0957-4239
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014

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