How Long to Read Kitab Al- Filaha (Book of Agriculture)

How Long Does it Take to Read Kitab Al- Filaha (Book of Agriculture)?

It takes the average reader 13 hours and 20 minutes to read Kitab Al- Filaha (Book of Agriculture) by IBN AL. ?AWWAM

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Description

Ibn al-'Awwām's Kitāb al-filāḥa is, without doubt, the most comprehensive agricultural treatise in Arabic. He gathers all the knowledge of his time concerning agriculture, horticulture and animal husbandry into a huge compendium of excerpts from all the previous agronomical traditions and treatises. From 112 named authors (Ibn al-'Awwām, Banqueri 1802, I, pp. 61-2) he includes one thousand nine hundred direct and indirect citations - 615 or 32.5% from Byzantine sources, especially from Cassianus Bassus, 585 or 31% from Near Eastern sources, 85% of which are from Ibn Waḥshīya, and 690 citations or 36.5 % from earlier Andalusi agronomists (Glick 2005, pp. 12-13). To these he often adds his own observations and experiences, about which he says: "As for my own contribution, I put forward nothing that I have not first proved by experiment on repeated occasions" (Ibn al-'Awwām, Clément-Mullet 1866, I, p. 9). He records, for example, his experiments in grafting the wild olive of the mountains with the domesticated olive of the plain, and his successful cultivation of saffron, under irrigation, in the mountains. Ibn al-'Awwām's treatise comprises 34 chapters dealing with all aspects of husbandry - it mentions 585 different plants, explains the cultivation of more than 50 fruit trees, and includes many valuable observations on soils, manures, grafting, and plant diseases (Sarton 1927-48, II, pp. 424-25). Ibn al-'Awwām also includes an agricultural calendar, one of the few Andalusi agronomists to do so. The last section of his work is devoted to animal husbandry, with chapters on cattle, sheep, goats, camels, horses, mules and donkeys, geese, ducks, chickens, pigeons, peacocks and beekeeping. As well as being of great value and interest for the study of agricultural history, the Kitāb al-filāḥa has enabled scholars to reconstruct the original texts of some previous authors whose work has only survived in abridged or fragmented form. In addition, the profusion of references, even though sometimes entangled and difficult to unravel, provides the historian with a wealth of information on the transmission of knowledge. It also presents a unique survey of the agricultural geography of Al-Andalus in the late 12th century, at least in regard to its interior arable land and the valley of the Guadalquivir river.

How long is Kitab Al- Filaha (Book of Agriculture)?

Kitab Al- Filaha (Book of Agriculture) by IBN AL. ?AWWAM is 800 pages long, and a total of 200,000 words.

This makes it 270% the length of the average book. It also has 244% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Kitab Al- Filaha (Book of Agriculture) Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 18 hours and 12 minutes to read Kitab Al- Filaha (Book of Agriculture) aloud.

What Reading Level is Kitab Al- Filaha (Book of Agriculture)?

Kitab Al- Filaha (Book of Agriculture) is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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