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Kalila and Dimna

Persian translation by Nasr Allah Munshi, 13th 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.


Frontispiece



Source: Turkish Cultural Foundation.


The Birdcatcher and the Doves, f.99. Source

Possibly created in Baghdad or Mosul. Manuscript Hazine 363, Topkapi Palace Library, Istanbul.

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Referenced as figure 174 in The military technology of classical Islam by D Nicolle
174. Manuscript Kalila wa Dimna, 13th century AD, Mamlūk Egyptian, Topkapu Lib. Ms. Hazine 363, ff. 6r, 20v, 96v, 107 and 124, Istanbul.