al-Fillahah an-Nabatiyah

Al-Fillāḥah an-Nabatiyah (Nabatean Agriculture) is a significant treatise on agriculture attributed to Ibn Waḥshīyah, who flourished around 900 CE. This work covers a wide range of agricultural topics, including plants, water sources and quality, weather, deforestation, soil improvement, and crop cultivation. Although the Arabic text is largely derived from Greek sources, particularly the Geoponica, it became a foundational resource for later agricultural writers. One such influential figure was Ibn al-ʿAwwām, who in the 12th century drew heavily from Ibn Waḥshīyah's work for his own comprehensive treatise on agriculture.12