Medieval Arabic tradition ascribes the translation to Yahya Ibn al-Batriq, but contemporary scholarship does not support this attribution. This Arabic version was the source for the Latin translation De Animalibus by Michael Scot in Toledo before 1217. Several complete manuscript versions exist in Leiden, London, and Tehran), but the text has been edited in separate volumes corresponding to the three Aristotelian sources.
According to medieval Arabic tradition, Yahya Ibn al-Batriq is credited with the translation, but contemporary scholarship does not accept this attribution. The Arabic version became the foundation for Michael Scot's Latin work "De Animalibus" in Toledo prior to 1217. Multiple complete manuscript versions are available in Leiden, London, and Tehran, although they have been edited separately based on the three Aristotelian sources.