Abstract
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 contribution | Marinbiologisk optegnelse i NUḪBAT AL-DAHR FĪ ʿAǦ ʾIB AL-BARR WA-AL-BAḤR |
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| Original language | English |
| Journal | Arabic Sciences and Philosophy |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 169-180 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISSN | 0957-4239 |
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| Publication status | Published - Mar 2014 |
