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Aristotle tutors Alexander the Great. From Animals and their Uses/Kitab na't al-hayawan wa-manafi'ihi by Aristotle, this edition by ibn Bakhtishu'
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Or.2784, folio 96r Miniature depicting Aristotle instructing Alexander the Great, from The Description and Uses of Animals compiled from works by Aristotle and ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Bakhtishu. The undated copy was probably made in Baghdad in the first half of the 13th century.