The Arabist: Budapest Studies in Arabic

The Horse as Seen by a Medieval Arab Scholar. Abū ʽUbayda: Kitāb al-ḫayl

The Horse as Seen by a Medieval Arab Scholar. Abū ʽUbayda: Kitāb al-ḫayl

Zsuzsanna Kutasi (Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest)

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doi: 10.58513/ARABIST.2001.23.15

Abstract

The subject of this article is the body parts of the horse as Arab authors observed and described them. The main source is the Kitāb al-ḫayl written by Abū ʽUbayda, a noted Basran scholar of the 2nd/8th century.

Keywords

Kitāb al-ḫayl, Abū ʽUbayda, early Arabic lexicography