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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.