Al-Damiri | |
|---|---|
| Title | Kamal al-Din Al-Ḥāfiẓ |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1341 CE |
| Died | 1405 (aged 63–64) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Era | Late Middle Ages (Mamluk era) |
| Region | Egypt |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ash'ari[1] |
| Main interest(s) | Kalam (Islamic theology) Fiqh, Hadith, Arabic, Zoology |
| Notable idea(s) | Elaborate systematically Arabic zoological knowledge |
| Notable work(s) | Life of Animals (Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrā, c.1371) |
| Alma mater | Al-Azhar University |
| Occupation | Zoologist, Jurist, Scholar, Muhaddith, Theologian |
| Muslim leader | |
Influenced | |
Al-Damiri (1341–1405), the common name of Kamal al-Din Muhammad ibn Musa al-Damiri (Arabic: كمال الدين محمد بن موسى الدميري), was a Shafi'i Sunni scholar, jurist, traditionist, theologian, and expert in Arabic from late medieval Cairo.[2] He was best known for his writing on Muslim jurisprudence and natural history.[3] He wrote the first known systematic work on zoological knowledge in Arabic, the Ḥayāt al-ḥayawān al-kubrā, c.1371.[4]
- ^ "The Notables of the Shafi'i-Ash'ari school". almostaneer.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 28 September 2017.
- ^ Encyclopaedia Britannica. Vol. 7. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 1973. p. 103.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Thatcher, Griffithes Wheeler (1911). "Damiri". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 788.
- ^ Egerton, Frank N. (2012). Roots of Ecology: Antiquity to Haeckel. University of California Press. p. 21. ISBN 978-0520953635.
