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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C9%99lil%C9%99_v%C9%99_Dimn%C9%99" title="Kəlilə və Dimnə – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Kəlilə və Dimnə" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE" title="কালিলা ওয়া-দিমনা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="কালিলা ওয়া-দিমনা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calila_i_Dimna" title="Calila i Dimna – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Calila i Dimna" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kal%C4%ABla_wa_Dimna" title="Kalīla wa Dimna – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Kalīla wa Dimna" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalila_wa-Dimna" title="Kalila wa-Dimna – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Kalila wa-Dimna" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalila_kaj_Dimna" title="Kalila kaj Dimna – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Kalila kaj Dimna" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87" title="کلیله و دمنه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="کلیله و دمنه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalila_et_Dimna" title="Kalila et Dimna – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Kalila et Dimna" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%A1_%D6%87_%D4%B4%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%B6%D5%A1" title="Քալիլա և Դիմնա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քալիլա և Դիմնա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hikayat_Kalilah_dan_Dimnah" title="Hikayat Kalilah dan Dimnah – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Hikayat Kalilah dan Dimnah" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90" title="ქილილა და დამანა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ქილილა და დამანა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Калила мен Димна – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Калила мен Димна" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kel%C3%AEle_%C3%BB_Dimne_(pirt%C3%BBk)" title="Kelîle û Dimne (pirtûk) – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Kelîle û Dimne (pirtûk)" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B6%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Калила жана Димна – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Калила жана Димна" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalila_et_Dimna" title="Kalila et Dimna – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Kalila et Dimna" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87" title="كليله ودمنه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="كليله ودمنه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%81%A8%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A0%E3%83%8A" title="カリーラとディムナ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="カリーラとディムナ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalila_va_Dimna" title="Kalila va Dimna – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kalila va Dimna" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%81_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86%DB%81" title="کلیلہ و دمنہ – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="کلیلہ و دمنہ" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qalila_h%C3%A1m_Dimna" title="Qalila hám Dimna – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="Qalila hám Dimna" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalila_wa_dimna" title="Kalila wa dimna – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Kalila wa dimna" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a 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Arabic illustration, 1220</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Author</th><td class="infobox-data">Unknown (originally Sanskrit, translated by <a href="/wiki/Ibn_al-Muqaffa%27" title="Ibn al-Muqaffa'">Ibn al-Muqaffa'</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Original title</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>كليلة ودمنة</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Translator</th><td class="infobox-data">Ibn al-Muqaffa'</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">Arabic, Middle Persian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Subject</th><td class="infobox-data">Fables</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Animal_tale" title="Animal tale">Beast fable</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Published</th><td class="infobox-data">8th century (Arabic translation)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Publication place</th><td class="infobox-data">Abbasid Caliphate</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Media type</th><td class="infobox-data">Manuscript</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Kalīla wa-Dimna</b></i> or <i><b>Kelileh o Demneh</b></i> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: <span lang="fa" dir="rtl">کلیله و دمنه</span>) is a collection of fables. The book consists of fifteen chapters containing many fables whose heroes are animals. A remarkable animal character is the lion, who plays the role of the king; he has a servant ox Shetrebah, while the two jackals of the title, <b>Kalila and Dimna</b>, appear both as narrators and as protagonists. Its likely origin is the Sanskrit <i><a href="/wiki/Panchatantra" title="Panchatantra">Panchatantra</a></i>. The book has been translated into many languages, with surviving illustrations in manuscripts from the 13th century onwards. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kal%C4%ABla_wa-Dimna&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Panchatantra" title="Panchatantra">Panchatantra</a></div> <p>The book is based on the c. 200 BC <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> text <i><a href="/wiki/Panchatantra" title="Panchatantra">Panchatantra</a></i>. It was translated into <a href="/wiki/Middle_Persian" title="Middle Persian">Middle Persian</a> in the sixth century by <a href="/wiki/Borzuya" title="Borzuya">Borzuya</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was subsequently translated into Arabic in the eighth century by the Persian <a href="/wiki/Ibn_al-Muqaffa%27" title="Ibn al-Muqaffa'">Ibn al-Muqaffa'</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> King <a href="/wiki/Vakhtang_VI" title="Vakhtang VI">Vakhtang VI of Kartli</a> made a translation from <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a> to <a href="/wiki/Georgian_language" title="Georgian language">Georgian</a> in the 18th century.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His work, later edited by his mentor <a href="/wiki/Sulkhan-Saba_Orbeliani" title="Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani">Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani</a>, has been used as a reference while determining the possible original text, along with an earlier unfinished translation by King <a href="/wiki/David_I_of_Kakheti" title="David I of Kakheti">David I of Kakheti</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Synopsis">Synopsis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kal%C4%ABla_wa-Dimna&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Synopsis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The King Dabschelim is visited by the philosopher Bidpai who tells him a collection of stories of <a href="/wiki/Anthropomorphism" title="Anthropomorphism">anthropomorphised</a> animals with important morals for a King. The stories are in response to requests of parables from Dabschelim and they follow a <a href="/wiki/Matryoshka_doll" title="Matryoshka doll">Russian doll</a> format, with stories interwoven and nested to some depth. There are fifteen main stories, acting as <a href="/wiki/Frame_story" title="Frame story">frame stories</a> with many more stories within them. The two jackals, Kalila and Dimna, feature both as narrators of the stories and as protagonists within them. They work in the court of the king, Bankala the lion. Kalila is happy with his lot, whereas Dimna constantly struggles to gain fame. The stories are allegories set in a human social and political context, and in the manner of fables illustrate human life. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Manuscripts">Manuscripts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kal%C4%ABla_wa-Dimna&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Manuscripts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Manuscripts of the text have for many centuries and translated into other languages contained illustrations to accompany the fables. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="c.1220_edition_(BNF_Arabe_3465)"><span id="c.1220_edition_.28BNF_Arabe_3465.29"></span>c.1220 edition (BNF Arabe 3465)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kal%C4%ABla_wa-Dimna&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: c.1220 edition (BNF Arabe 3465)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This edition of Kalīla wa-Dimna is now in the <a href="/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_nationale_de_France" title="Bibliothèque nationale de France">Bibliothèque nationale de France</a> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kalila_and_Dimna_(BNF)" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Kalila and Dimna (BNF)">BNF Arabe 3465</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-BNF_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BNF-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It dates to the first quarter of the 13th century (usually dated c.1220 CE).<sup id="cite_ref-BNF_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BNF-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines" style="max-width: 836px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465,_folio_34r.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Arabe 3465, folio 34r. Frontispiece.[8]"><img alt="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Arabe 3465, folio 34r. Frontispiece.[8]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_34r.jpg/154px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_34r.jpg" decoding="async" width="154" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_34r.jpg/232px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_34r.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_34r.jpg/309px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_34r.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1374" data-file-height="1778" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Kalila wa Dimna</i> BNF Arabe 3465, folio 34r. Frontispiece.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEContadini2012Plate_8_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEContadini2012Plate_8-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_131v_(king_detail).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Arabe 3465, folio 20v. King wearing the aqabā' turkī with uninscribed tiraz armbands.[9]"><img alt="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Arabe 3465, folio 20v. King wearing the aqabā' turkī with uninscribed tiraz armbands.[9]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_131v_%28king_detail%29.jpg/158px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_131v_%28king_detail%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="158" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_131v_%28king_detail%29.jpg/237px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_131v_%28king_detail%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_131v_%28king_detail%29.jpg/317px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_131v_%28king_detail%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1351" data-file-height="1706" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Kalila wa Dimna</i> BNF Arabe 3465, folio 20v. King wearing the <i>aqabā' turkī</i> with uninscribed <i><a href="/wiki/Tiraz" title="Tiraz">tiraz</a></i> armbands.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465,_folio_86r.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Arabe 3465, folio 86r. Animal scene"><img alt="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Arabe 3465, folio 86r. Animal scene" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_86r.jpg/153px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_86r.jpg" decoding="async" width="153" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_86r.jpg/230px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_86r.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_86r.jpg/307px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_86r.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1335" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Kalila wa Dimna</i> BNF Arabe 3465, folio 86r. Animal scene</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465,_folio_95v.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Arabe 3465, folio 95v. Animal scene"><img alt="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Arabe 3465, folio 95v. Animal scene" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_95v.jpg/153px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_95v.jpg" decoding="async" width="153" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_95v.jpg/230px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_95v.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_95v.jpg/306px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_BNF_Arabe_3465%2C_folio_95v.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1337" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Kalila wa Dimna</i> BNF Arabe 3465, folio 95v. Animal scene</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1313_edition_(BNF_Latin_8504)"><span id="1313_edition_.28BNF_Latin_8504.29"></span>1313 edition (BNF Latin 8504)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kal%C4%ABla_wa-Dimna&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1313 edition (BNF Latin 8504)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>French translation of <i>Kalila wa Dimna</i>, Raymond de Béziers, dated to 1313 CE. Now in the <a href="/wiki/Biblioth%C3%A8que_Nationale_de_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Bibliothèque Nationale de France">Bibliothèque Nationale de France</a> (BNF Latin 8504).<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-nolines" style="max-width: 836px;"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Philip_iv_and_family._2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Latin 8504. Ruler: Philip IV and family."><img alt="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Latin 8504. Ruler: Philip IV and family." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Philip_iv_and_family._2.jpg/200px-Philip_iv_and_family._2.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Philip_iv_and_family._2.jpg/300px-Philip_iv_and_family._2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Philip_iv_and_family._2.jpg/400px-Philip_iv_and_family._2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1209" data-file-height="780" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Kalila wa Dimna</i> BNF Latin 8504. Ruler: <a href="/wiki/Philip_IV_of_France" title="Philip IV of France">Philip IV</a> and family.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Trojka_kralove.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Latin 8504. Regnal scene"><img alt="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Latin 8504. Regnal scene" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Trojka_kralove.jpg/200px-Trojka_kralove.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Trojka_kralove.jpg/300px-Trojka_kralove.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Trojka_kralove.jpg/400px-Trojka_kralove.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1456" data-file-height="1206" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Kalila wa Dimna</i> BNF Latin 8504. Regnal scene</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm_23v,_1313_CE.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Latin 8504, folio 23v. Animal scene."><img alt="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Latin 8504, folio 23v. Animal scene." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm_23v%2C_1313_CE.jpg/200px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm_23v%2C_1313_CE.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm_23v%2C_1313_CE.jpg/300px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm_23v%2C_1313_CE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm_23v%2C_1313_CE.jpg/400px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm_23v%2C_1313_CE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="951" data-file-height="735" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Kalila wa Dimna</i> BNF Latin 8504, folio 23v. Animal scene.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 205px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm,_26r,_1313_CE.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Latin 8504, folio 26r. Animal scene."><img alt="Kalila wa Dimna BNF Latin 8504, folio 26r. Animal scene." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm%2C_26r%2C_1313_CE.jpg/200px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm%2C_26r%2C_1313_CE.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm%2C_26r%2C_1313_CE.jpg/300px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm%2C_26r%2C_1313_CE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm%2C_26r%2C_1313_CE.jpg/400px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_trad_Raimon_Gaucelm%2C_26r%2C_1313_CE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1174" data-file-height="915" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><i>Kalila wa Dimna</i> BNF Latin 8504, folio 26r. Animal scene.</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_editions">Other editions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kal%C4%ABla_wa-Dimna&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Other editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 117.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 115.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Calila_y_Dimna.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Spanish manuscript, workshop of Frederick of Castile, 1251–1261"><img alt="Spanish manuscript, workshop of Frederick of Castile, 1251–1261" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Calila_y_Dimna.jpg/173px-Calila_y_Dimna.jpg" decoding="async" width="116" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Calila_y_Dimna.jpg/259px-Calila_y_Dimna.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Calila_y_Dimna.jpg/346px-Calila_y_Dimna.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="757" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Spanish manuscript, workshop of <a href="/wiki/Frederick_of_Castile" title="Frederick of Castile">Frederick of Castile</a>, 1251–1261</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 251.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 249.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Syrischer_Maler_um_1310_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The crows and the owls. Syrian painter, c. 1300–1325"><img alt="The crows and the owls. Syrian painter, c. 1300–1325" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Syrischer_Maler_um_1310_001.jpg/374px-Syrischer_Maler_um_1310_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Syrischer_Maler_um_1310_001.jpg/561px-Syrischer_Maler_um_1310_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Syrischer_Maler_um_1310_001.jpg/748px-Syrischer_Maler_um_1310_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4406" data-file-height="3088" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The crows and the owls. Syrian painter, c. 1300–1325</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 136.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 134.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalila_wa-Dimna_Pococke_400_folio_36b.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The jackals Kalila and Dimna look on as the snake and the elephant fight. Arabic, 1340"><img alt="The jackals Kalila and Dimna look on as the snake and the elephant fight. Arabic, 1340" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Kalila_wa-Dimna_Pococke_400_folio_36b.png/202px-Kalila_wa-Dimna_Pococke_400_folio_36b.png" decoding="async" width="135" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Kalila_wa-Dimna_Pococke_400_folio_36b.png/303px-Kalila_wa-Dimna_Pococke_400_folio_36b.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Kalila_wa-Dimna_Pococke_400_folio_36b.png/405px-Kalila_wa-Dimna_Pococke_400_folio_36b.png 2x" data-file-width="492" data-file-height="637" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The jackals Kalila and Dimna look on as the snake and the elephant fight. Arabic, 1340</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 243.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 241.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_Borzuya,_KFCRIS_manuscript.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""Barzueh heals the sick". 1346–1347"><img alt=""Barzueh heals the sick". 1346–1347" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_Borzuya%2C_KFCRIS_manuscript.jpg/362px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_Borzuya%2C_KFCRIS_manuscript.jpg" decoding="async" width="242" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_Borzuya%2C_KFCRIS_manuscript.jpg/543px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_Borzuya%2C_KFCRIS_manuscript.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_Borzuya%2C_KFCRIS_manuscript.jpg 2x" data-file-width="700" data-file-height="507" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">"Barzueh heals the sick". 1346–1347</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 244px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 242px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Syrischer_Maler_von_1354_001.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Hare fools Elephant by showing the moon's reflection. Arabic, 1354"><img alt="Hare fools Elephant by showing the moon's reflection. Arabic, 1354" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Syrischer_Maler_von_1354_001.jpg/363px-Syrischer_Maler_von_1354_001.jpg" decoding="async" width="242" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Syrischer_Maler_von_1354_001.jpg/544px-Syrischer_Maler_von_1354_001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Syrischer_Maler_von_1354_001.jpg/726px-Syrischer_Maler_von_1354_001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2024" data-file-height="1462" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Hare fools Elephant by showing the moon's reflection. Arabic, 1354</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 228.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 226.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_fable_of_the_turtle_and_the_monkey.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The turtle and the monkey. Persian, Timurid school, c. 1410–1420"><img alt="The turtle and the monkey. Persian, Timurid school, c. 1410–1420" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_fable_of_the_turtle_and_the_monkey.png/340px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_fable_of_the_turtle_and_the_monkey.png" decoding="async" width="227" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_fable_of_the_turtle_and_the_monkey.png/509px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_fable_of_the_turtle_and_the_monkey.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_fable_of_the_turtle_and_the_monkey.png/679px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_fable_of_the_turtle_and_the_monkey.png 2x" data-file-width="2544" data-file-height="1964" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The turtle and the monkey. Persian, <a href="/wiki/Timurid_art" title="Timurid art">Timurid</a> school, c. 1410–1420</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 166px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 164px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kelileh_va_Demneh.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A page from a Persian manuscript, dated 1429"><img alt="A page from a Persian manuscript, dated 1429" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Kelileh_va_Demneh.jpg/246px-Kelileh_va_Demneh.jpg" decoding="async" width="164" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Kelileh_va_Demneh.jpg/368px-Kelileh_va_Demneh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Kelileh_va_Demneh.jpg/491px-Kelileh_va_Demneh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="783" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A page from a Persian manuscript, dated 1429</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 203.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 201.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_lion_devoured_the_bull.png" class="mw-file-description" title="The lion eats the bull, as the two jackals look on. Painted in Herat, 1430"><img alt="The lion eats the bull, as the two jackals look on. Painted in Herat, 1430" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_lion_devoured_the_bull.png/302px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_lion_devoured_the_bull.png" decoding="async" width="202" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_lion_devoured_the_bull.png/452px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_lion_devoured_the_bull.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_lion_devoured_the_bull.png/603px-Kalila_wa_Dimna_-_The_lion_devoured_the_bull.png 2x" data-file-width="2504" data-file-height="2176" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The lion eats the bull, as the two jackals look on. Painted in <a href="/wiki/Herat" title="Herat">Herat</a>, 1430</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 140px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 138px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The jackals Kalila and Dimna in their den. Herat school, 1431"><img alt="The jackals Kalila and Dimna in their den. Herat school, 1431" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87.jpg/207px-%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87.jpg" decoding="async" width="138" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87.jpg/310px-%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87.jpg/414px-%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%87_%D9%88_%D8%AF%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87.jpg 2x" data-file-width="875" data-file-height="1108" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The jackals Kalila and Dimna in their den. Herat school, 1431</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 238.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 236.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%88_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%B4%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B2.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fanzah refuses to return to the King. Probably made for Pir Budaq, Baghdad?, c. 1460"><img alt="Fanzah refuses to return to the King. Probably made for Pir Budaq, Baghdad?, c. 1460" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%88_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%B4%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B2.jpg/355px-%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%88_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%B4%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B2.jpg" decoding="async" width="237" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D9%88_%D9%BE%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87_%D8%B4%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B2.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="295" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Fanzah refuses to return to the King. Probably made for <a href="/wiki/Pir_Budaq" title="Pir Budaq">Pir Budaq</a>, Baghdad?, c. 1460</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 130px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 128px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%22Kalila_and_Dimna_Discussing_Dimna%27s_Plans_to_Become_a_Confidante_of_the_Lion%22,_Folio_from_a_Kalila_wa_Dimna_MET_DP300729.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title=""Kalila and Dimna Discussing Dimna's Plans to Become a Confidante of the Lion". 18th century"><img alt=""Kalila and Dimna Discussing Dimna's Plans to Become a Confidante of the Lion". 18th century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/%22Kalila_and_Dimna_Discussing_Dimna%27s_Plans_to_Become_a_Confidante_of_the_Lion%22%2C_Folio_from_a_Kalila_wa_Dimna_MET_DP300729.jpg/192px-%22Kalila_and_Dimna_Discussing_Dimna%27s_Plans_to_Become_a_Confidante_of_the_Lion%22%2C_Folio_from_a_Kalila_wa_Dimna_MET_DP300729.jpg" decoding="async" width="128" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/%22Kalila_and_Dimna_Discussing_Dimna%27s_Plans_to_Become_a_Confidante_of_the_Lion%22%2C_Folio_from_a_Kalila_wa_Dimna_MET_DP300729.jpg/287px-%22Kalila_and_Dimna_Discussing_Dimna%27s_Plans_to_Become_a_Confidante_of_the_Lion%22%2C_Folio_from_a_Kalila_wa_Dimna_MET_DP300729.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/%22Kalila_and_Dimna_Discussing_Dimna%27s_Plans_to_Become_a_Confidante_of_the_Lion%22%2C_Folio_from_a_Kalila_wa_Dimna_MET_DP300729.jpg/383px-%22Kalila_and_Dimna_Discussing_Dimna%27s_Plans_to_Become_a_Confidante_of_the_Lion%22%2C_Folio_from_a_Kalila_wa_Dimna_MET_DP300729.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2732" data-file-height="3733" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">"Kalila and Dimna Discussing Dimna's Plans to Become a Confidante of the Lion". 18th century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 266.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 264.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Armenian_translation_of_The_story_of_seven_sages.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Armenian translation of The story of seven sages, 1740"><img alt="Armenian translation of The story of seven sages, 1740" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Armenian_translation_of_The_story_of_seven_sages.jpg/397px-Armenian_translation_of_The_story_of_seven_sages.jpg" decoding="async" width="265" height="175" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Armenian_translation_of_The_story_of_seven_sages.jpg/595px-Armenian_translation_of_The_story_of_seven_sages.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Armenian_translation_of_The_story_of_seven_sages.jpg/793px-Armenian_translation_of_The_story_of_seven_sages.jpg 2x" data-file-width="867" data-file-height="573" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Armenian translation of The story of seven sages, 1740</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kal%C4%ABla_wa-Dimna&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Ibn_al-Muqaffa%27" title="Ibn al-Muqaffa'">Ibn al-Muqaffa's</a> translation of the Middle Persian manuscript of Kalila and Dimna is considered a masterpiece of <a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a> and world literature.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1480, <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Gutenberg" title="Johannes Gutenberg">Johannes Gutenberg</a> published <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonius_von_Pforr" class="extiw" title="de:Antonius von Pforr">Anton von Pforr</a>'s German version, <i>Buch der Beispiele der alten Weisen</i>. <a href="/wiki/La_Fontaine%27s_Fables" title="La Fontaine's Fables">La Fontaine</a>, in the preface to his second collection of Fables, explicitly acknowledged his debt to "the Indian sage Pilpay".<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The collection has been adapted in plays,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> cartoons,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and commentary works.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kal%C4%ABla_wa-Dimna&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hitopadesha" title="Hitopadesha">Hitopadesha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jataka_tales" title="Jataka tales">Jataka tales</a></li></ul> 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Brill. p. Plate 30. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-11373-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-04-11373-2"><bdi>978-90-04-11373-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Arab+dress%3A+a+short+history%3B+from+the+dawn+of+Islam+to+modern+times&rft.pages=Plate+30&rft.edition=Rev.+2.&rft.pub=Brill&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=978-90-04-11373-2&rft.aulast=Stillman&rft.aufirst=Yedida+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKal%C4%ABla+wa-Dimna" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc67789r">"Consultation"</a>. <i>archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr&rft.atitle=Consultation&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr%2Fark%3A%2F12148%2Fcc67789r&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKal%C4%ABla+wa-Dimna" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.wdl.org/en/item/8933/">"World Digital Library, Kalila and Dimna"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240112075021/https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667224">Archived</a> from the original on 12 January 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 March</span> 2019</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=World+Digital+Library%2C+Kalila+and+Dimna&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wdl.org%2Fen%2Fitem%2F8933%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKal%C4%ABla+wa-Dimna" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/kalila-wa-dimna/about-kwd/index.html">"Kalila wa-Dimna – Wisdom Encoded"</a>. 7 October 2018. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240112075126/https://www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/e/kalila-wa-dimna/about-kwd/index.html">Archived</a> from the original on 12 January 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 August</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Kalila+wa-Dimna+%E2%80%93+Wisdom+Encoded&rft.date=2018-10-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.geschkult.fu-berlin.de%2Fen%2Fe%2Fkalila-wa-dimna%2Fabout-kwd%2Findex.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKal%C4%ABla+wa-Dimna" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/197204/kalila.wa.dimna.htm">"Paul Lunde article in Saudi Aramco World, 1972"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240112075125/https://archive.aramcoworld.com/issue/197204/kalila.wa.dimna.htm">Archived</a> from the original on 12 January 2024<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">10 August</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Paul+Lunde+article+in+Saudi+Aramco+World%2C+1972&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.aramcoworld.com%2Fissue%2F197204%2Fkalila.wa.dimna.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKal%C4%ABla+wa-Dimna" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.alwasatnews.com/news/195712.html">"Kalila wa Dimna play for Children held in Bahrain, 2003"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160805172808/http://www.alwasatnews.com/news/195712.html">Archived</a> from the original on 5 August 2016.</cite><span 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cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pnn.ps/2016/02/05/%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9%D8%A5%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1/">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>"The Wisdom of Kalila wa Dimna" book launch by prominent Palestinian writer, 2016"</a>. <i>PNN</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160427115828/http://pnn.ps/2016/02/05/%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9%D8%A5%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%83%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B1/">Archived</a> from the original on 27 April 2016.</cite><span 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href="http://www.aleqt.com/2011/05/03/article_534114.html">"Signing of a Kalila wa Dimna commentary work by prominent Jordanian writer, 2011"</a>. 3 May 2011. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160530174738/http://www.aleqt.com/2011/05/03/article_534114.html">Archived</a> from the original on 30 May 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Signing+of+a+Kalila+wa+Dimna+commentary+work+by+prominent+Jordanian+writer%2C+2011&rft.date=2011-05-03&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aleqt.com%2F2011%2F05%2F03%2Farticle_534114.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKal%C4%ABla+wa-Dimna" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kal%C4%ABla_wa-Dimna&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 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Brill. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1163%2F9789004222656_005">10.1163/9789004222656_005</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+World+of+Beasts%3A+A+Thirteenth-Century+Illustrated+Arabic+Book+on+Animals+%28the+Kit%C4%81b+Na%27t+al-%E1%B8%A4ayaw%C4%81n%29+in+the+Ibn+Bakht%C4%ABsh%C5%AB%27+Tradition&rft.pub=Brill&rft.date=2012-01-01&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1163%2F9789004222656_005&rft.aulast=Contadini&rft.aufirst=Anna&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1163%2F9789004222656_005&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AKal%C4%ABla+wa-Dimna" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kal%C4%ABla_wa-Dimna&action=edit&section=11" 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href="/wiki/The_milkmaid_and_her_pail" title="The milkmaid and her pail">The milkmaid and her pail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related works</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aesop%27s_Fables" title="Aesop's Fables">Aesop's Fables</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Calila_e_Dimna" title="Calila e Dimna">Calila e Dimna</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Fontaine%27s_Fables" title="La Fontaine's Fables">La Fontaine's Fables</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hikayat_Panca_Tanderan" title="Hikayat Panca Tanderan">Hikayat Panca Tanderan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hitopadesha" title="Hitopadesha">Hitopadesha</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jataka_tales" title="Jataka tales">Jataka tales</a></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kalīla wa-Dimna</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kathasaritsagara" title="Kathasaritsagara">Kathasaritsagara</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Thousand_and_One_Nights" title="One Thousand and One Nights">One Thousand and One Nights</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%9Aukasaptati" title="Śukasaptati">Śukasaptati</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Tall_Tales_of_Vishnu_Sharma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma (page does not exist)">The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jungle_Tales_(TV_series)" title="Jungle Tales (TV series)"><i>Jungle Tales</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Editors,<br />translators,<br />adapters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Early</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vishnu_Sharma" title="Vishnu Sharma">Vishnu Sharma</a> (putative author)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu%27l-Fazl_ibn_Mubarak" class="mw-redirect" title="Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak">Abu'l-Fazl ibn Mubarak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borzuya" title="Borzuya">Borzuya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Durgasimha" title="Durgasimha">Durgasimha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_de_La_Fontaine" title="Jean de La Fontaine">Jean de La Fontaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Galland" title="Antoine Galland">Antoine Galland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_of_Capua" title="John of Capua">John of Capua</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kshemendra" title="Kshemendra">Kshemendra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ibn_al-Muqaffa%27" title="Ibn al-Muqaffa'">Ibn al-Muqaffa'</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narayan_Pandit" title="Narayan Pandit">Narayana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu%27l-Ma%27ali_Nasrallah" title="Abu'l-Ma'ali Nasrallah">Abu'l-Ma'ali Nasrallah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_North" title="Thomas North">Thomas North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudaki" title="Rudaki">Rudaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Seth" title="Simeon Seth">Simeon Seth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Modern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Theodor_Benfey" title="Theodor Benfey">Theodor Benfey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gustav_Bickell" title="Gustav Bickell">Gustav Bickell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hermann_Brockhaus" title="Hermann Brockhaus">Hermann Brockhaus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Backhouse_Eastwick" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Backhouse Eastwick">Edward Backhouse Eastwick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_Edgerton" title="Franklin Edgerton">Franklin Edgerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/A._N._D._Haksar" title="A. N. D. Haksar">A. N. D. Haksar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Johannes_Hertel" title="Johannes Hertel">Johannes Hertel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Jacobs" title="Joseph Jacobs">Joseph Jacobs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ion_Keith-Falconer" title="Ion Keith-Falconer">Ion Keith-Falconer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Olivelle" title="Patrick Olivelle">Patrick Olivelle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Mosley_Penzer" title="Norman Mosley Penzer">N. M. Penzer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_W._Ryder" title="Arthur W. Ryder">Arthur W. Ryder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antoine_Isaac_Silvestre_de_Sacy" title="Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy">Silvestre de Sacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Henry_Tawney" title="Charles Henry Tawney">C. H. Tawney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wilkins" title="Charles Wilkins">Charles Wilkins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramsay_Wood" title="Ramsay Wood">Ramsay Wood</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beast_fable" class="mw-redirect" title="Beast fable">Beast fable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frame_story" title="Frame story">Frame story</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katha_(storytelling_format)" title="Katha (storytelling format)">Katha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Arabic_manuscripts100" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Arabic_manuscripts" title="Template:Arabic manuscripts"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Arabic_manuscripts" title="Template talk:Arabic manuscripts"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Arabic_manuscripts" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Arabic manuscripts"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Arabic_manuscripts100" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Islamic_manuscripts" title="Islamic manuscripts">Arabic manuscripts</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Category:Islamic_manuscripts" title="Category:Islamic manuscripts">Manuscripts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">7th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/PERF_558" title="PERF 558">PERF 558</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Muhammad%27s_letters_to_the_heads_of_state" class="mw-redirect" title="Muhammad's letters to the heads of state">Letters by Muhammad</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">9th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">Earliest known illuminated <a href="/wiki/Qur%27an" class="mw-redirect" title="Qur'an">Qur'ans</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">10th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Maqama" title="Maqama">Maqama</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">11th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Maqama" title="Maqama">Maqama</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Fixed_Stars" title="The Book of Fixed Stars">The Book of Fixed Stars</a></i> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kit%C4%81b_%E1%B9%A2uwar_al-kaw%C4%81kib_(al-th%C4%81bitah)_(Bodleian_Library_MS._Marsh_144)" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Kitāb Ṣuwar al-kawākib (al-thābitah) (Bodleian Library MS. Marsh 144)">Marsh 144</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Timbuktu_Manuscripts" title="Timbuktu Manuscripts">Timbuktu Manuscripts</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:The_Speech_of_Wild_Animals" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:The Speech of Wild Animals">The Speech of Wild Animals</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">12th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Maqamat_al-Hariri" title="Maqamat al-Hariri">Maqamat al-Hariri</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/File:Maqamat_al-Hariri,_BNF_Arabe_3924,_first_page._Dated_1118,_by_al-Q%C4%81sim_ibn_%CA%BFAl%C4%AB_al-_%E1%B8%A4ar%C4%ABr%C4%AB_al-Ba%E1%B9%A3r%C4%AB_(1054-1122).jpg" title="File:Maqamat al-Hariri, BNF Arabe 3924, first page. Dated 1118, by al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī al- Ḥarīrī al-Baṣrī (1054-1122).jpg">Arabe 3924</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kit%C4%81b_al-Diry%C4%81q" title="Kitāb al-Diryāq">Kitāb al-Diryāq</a></i> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kit%C3%A2b_al-Diry%C3%A2q_-_BNF_Arabe2964" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Kitâb al-Diryâq - BNF Arabe2964">Arabe 2964</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/De_materia_medica" title="De materia medica">De materia medica</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kit%C4%81b-al-Daraj" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Kitāb-al-Daraj">Kitāb-al-Daraj</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Book_of_Fixed_Stars" title="The Book of Fixed Stars">The Book of Fixed Stars</a></i> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kit%C4%81b_%E1%B9%A2uwar_al-kaw%C4%81kib_(al-th%C4%81bitah)_(TSMK,_A._3493)" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Kitāb Ṣuwar al-kawākib (al-thābitah) (TSMK, A. 3493)">TSMK, A. 3493</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Book_of_the_Ten_Treatises_of_the_Eye" title="Book of the Ten Treatises of the Eye">Book of the Ten Treatises of the Eye</a></i></li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Bodleian_Library_MS_Huntington_264" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Bodleian Library MS Huntington 264">MS Huntington 264</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">13th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Maqamat_al-Hariri" title="Maqamat al-Hariri">Maqamat al-Hariri</a></i> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maqamat_of_al-Hariri_-_BNF_Arabe3929" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maqamat of al-Hariri - BNF Arabe3929">Arabe 3929</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maqamat_of_al-Hariri_-_BNF_Arabe_6094" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maqamat of al-Hariri - BNF Arabe 6094">Arabe 6094</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maqamat_of_al-Hariri_-_BNF_Arabe5847" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maqamat of al-Hariri - BNF Arabe5847">Arabe 5847</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maqamat_of_al-Hariri_-_Suleymaniye_Library,_Esad_Efendi_2916" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maqamat of al-Hariri - Suleymaniye Library, Esad Efendi 2916">Esad Efendi 2961</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maqamat_of_al-Hariri_-_British_Library,_Ms._Or._9718" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maqamat of al-Hariri - British Library, Ms. Or. 9718">Or. 9718</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maqamat_of_al-Hariri_-_St_Petersburg_S23" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maqamat of al-Hariri - St Petersburg S23">S.23</a>)<br /></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kit%C4%81b_al-Diry%C4%81q" title="Kitāb al-Diryāq">Kitāb al-Diryāq</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kit%C4%81b_na%CA%BFt_al-%E1%B8%A5ayaw%C4%81n" title="Kitāb naʿt al-ḥayawān">Kitāb naʿt al-ḥayawān</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/De_materia_medica" title="De materia medica">De materia medica</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kit%C4%81b_al-bay%E1%B9%ADara" title="Kitāb al-bayṭara">Kitāb al-bayṭara</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kitab_al-Aghani" title="Kitab al-Aghani">Kitab al-Aghani</a></i></li> <li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Kalīla wa-Dimna</a></i> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Kalila_and_Dimna_(BNF)" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Kalila and Dimna (BNF)">Arabe 3465</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ris%C4%81lat_al-%E1%B9%A2%C5%ABf%C4%AB_f%C4%AB_al-kaw%C4%81kib" title="Risālat al-Ṣūfī fī al-kawākib">Risālat al-Ṣūfī fī al-kawākib</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hadith_Bayad_wa_Riyad" title="Hadith Bayad wa Riyad">Hadith Bayad wa Riyad</a></i> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Had%C3%AEth_Bay%C3%A2d_wa_Riy%C3%A2d_-_BAVaticana_Ar._Ris._368" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Hadîth Bayâd wa Riyâd - BAVaticana Ar. Ris. 368">Vat. Arabo 368</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ridawiya_Library,_MS_5229" title="Ridawiya Library, MS 5229">MS 5229</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_the_Brethren_of_Purity" title="Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity">Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity</a></i> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Encyclopedia_of_the_Brethren_of_Purity_(MSS_Esad_Efendi_3636)" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity (MSS Esad Efendi 3636)">Esad Efendi 3636</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/D%C4%ABw%C4%81n_Lugh%C4%81t_al-Turk" title="Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk">Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">14th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Maqamat_al-Hariri" title="Maqamat al-Hariri">Maqamat al-Hariri</a></i> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maqamat_of_al-Hariri_-_Manuscript_British_Library,_Ms._Or._Add._22114" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maqamat of al-Hariri - Manuscript British Library, Ms. Or. Add. 22114">Or. Add. 22114</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maqamat_of_al-Hariri_-_British_Library,_Ms._Or._Add._7293" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maqamat of al-Hariri - British Library, Ms. Or. Add. 7293">Or. 7293</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maqamat_of_al-Hariri_-_Vienna_%C3%96NB_AF9" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maqamat of al-Hariri - Vienna ÖNB AF9">ÖNB AF9</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Maqamat_of_al-Hariri_-_Oxford_Bodleian,_Marsh_458" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Maqamat of al-Hariri - Oxford Bodleian, Marsh 458">Marsh 458</a>)<br /></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Remaining_Signs_of_Past_Centuries" title="The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries">The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries</a></i> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-%C4%80th%C4%81r_al-b%C4%81qiyah_%E2%80%98an_al-qur%C5%ABn_al-kh%C4%81liyah_-_Edinburgh_University_Library_Or_Ms_161" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Al-Āthār al-bāqiyah ‘an al-qurūn al-khāliyah - Edinburgh University Library Or Ms 161">Or Ms 161</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wonders_of_Creatures_and_the_Marvels_of_Creation" class="mw-redirect" title="The Wonders of Creatures and the Marvels of Creation">The Wonders of Creatures and the Marvels of Creation</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jami%27_al-tawarikh" title="Jami' al-tawarikh">Jami' al-tawarikh</a></i> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jami_al-Tawarikh_(Edinburgh)" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Jami al-Tawarikh (Edinburgh)">Or Ms 20</a>, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Jami_al-Tawarikh_(Khalili)" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Jami al-Tawarikh (Khalili)">MSS 77</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">15th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Bijapur_Collection" title="Bijapur Collection">Bijapur Collection</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Galland_Manuscript" title="Galland Manuscript">Galland Manuscript</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">17th century</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Remaining_Signs_of_Past_Centuries" title="The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries">The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries</a></i> (<a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Al-%C4%80%E1%B9%AF%C4%81r_al-b%C4%81qiya_%CA%BFan_al-qur%C5%ABn_al-%E1%BA%96%C4%81liya_(BNF_MS_Arabe_1489)" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Al-Āṯār al-bāqiya ʿan al-qurūn al-ẖāliya (BNF MS Arabe 1489)">Arabe 1489</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Concepts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_calligraphy" title="Arabic calligraphy">Arabic calligraphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arabic_miniature" title="Arabic miniature">Arabic miniature</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baghdad_School" title="Baghdad School">Baghdad School</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sharb%C5%ABsh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharbūsh">Sharbūsh</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lists</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Islamic_Manuscript_Locations&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Islamic Manuscript Locations (page does not exist)">List of Islamic Manuscript Locations</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; 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