compiled in Arabic, the work was later translated into Castilian in the 13th century, and many years later into Spanish.

Ibn Bassal's practical and systematic book Diwan al-filaha lacks references to other agronomists, and appears to be a record of his own experience. In the book, he describes over 180 cultivated plants, including chickpeas, beans, rice, peas, flax, henbane, sesame, cotton, safflower, saffron, poppies, henna, artichoke; herbs and spices