Thursday, September 5, 2024

Kurdish sheep-dog in the 9th century

Al Jahiz lists dog breeds that would have been popular in the ninth century. His writing is noteworthy since it is the first (?) to use that particular terminology to describe the Kurdish sheepdog.






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