Cairo
Kamal al-Din al-Damiri was a Shafi'i scholar and preacher of Mamluk Cairo, remembered above all for Hayat al-Hayawan al-Kubra, an encyclopedia of animals…
Kamal al-Din al-Damiri was a Shafi'i scholar and preacher of Mamluk Cairo, remembered above all for Hayat al-Hayawan al-Kubra, an encyclopedia of animals drawing on hadith, poetry and lore. He passed away in 808 AH. His grave is in al-Husayniyya, a short walk west of the shrine of Ali al-Bayumi.