Kalîla and Dimna

of Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, and ʿAbd Allâh (translator - to Fars), 15th century

The Book of Kalila wa Dimna, also called Fables of Bidpai, is a collection of Indian fables translated into Arabic by Ibn al-Muqaffa in 750.
Intended for the moral education of princes, this collection has two jackal heroes Kalila and Dimna.

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Executed under the Mamelukes, perhaps as early as 1350. Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Arabe 3467

A 14th century Kalila and Dimna

See also Nihayat al-sul-1371 a Mameluke manual of horsemanship and military practice, 1371.
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