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Title
Text: Classical Arabic Stories
Subject
The Island of Animals
Description
The Island of Animals is a story written by The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity and Loyal Friends, a secret society of philosophers in the Abbasid Caliphate. The Island of Animals is a fictional story questioning the moral implications for how one should treat animals and how humans interact with animals in society.
Creator
The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity and Loyal Friends
Source
Jayyusi, Salma K. Classical Arabic Stories: The Island of Animals (Columbia University Press, 2012).
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Date
900-1000 AD, 287-391 Hijri
Language
Translated to English from Arabic by Fayez Suyyagh
Type
Text