![]() An illustration depicting the moon in al-Qazwini's work, The Wonders of Creation. Copy was made in 1537/944, probably in western India.[1] | |
Author | Zakariya al-Qazwini |
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Original title | عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات |
Language | Arabic |
Genre | Cosmography |
Published | 1280 |
Publication place | Persia |
Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara'ib al-Mawjudat (Arabic: عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات) or The Wonders of Creatures and the Marvels of Creation is an important work of paradoxography and cosmography by Zakariya al-Qazwini, who was born in Qazwin in 1203 shortly before the Mongol invasion of the Khwarazmian Empire.