Zakariya al-Qazwini

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ʿAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt, 16th-century manuscript

Zakariyya' al-Qazwini (full name:Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "lang"., Template:Langx), also known as Qazvini (Template:Langx), (born c. Template:TrimScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". in Qazvin, Iran, and died 1283), was a cosmographer and geographer.

He belonged to a family of jurists originally descended from Anas bin Malik (a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) which had been well established in Qazvin long before al-Qazwini was born.[1]

His most famous work is the Script error: No such module "lang". (Template:Lit), a seminal work in cosmography.[2] He is also the author of the geographical dictionary Script error: No such module "lang". (Template:Lit).[3]

Career

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Tile with two rabbits, two snakes and a tortoise (illustration of a scene in the ʿAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt; Iran, 19th century)

Born in Qazvin to a Persianized family of Arab ancestry,[4] al-Qazwini served as a legal expert and judge in several localities in Iran. He traveled around in Mesopotamia and the Levant, and finally entered the circle patronized by the Ilkhanid governor of Baghdad, Ata-Malik Juvayni (d. 1283 CE).[5]

It was to the latter that al-Qazwini dedicated his famous cosmography titled Script error: No such module "lang". (Template:Lit).[6] This treatise, frequently illustrated, was immensely popular and is preserved today in many copies. It was translated into his native Persian language, and later also into Turkish.[7] Al-Qazwini was also well known for his geographical dictionary Script error: No such module "lang". (Template:Lit).[8] Both of these treatises reflect extensive reading and learning in a wide range of disciplines.[9]

See also

References

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Bibliography

Encyclopedic sources

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Secondary literature

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Editions of the Arabic text

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Translations

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Further reading

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