Aja'ib al-Makhluqat

The Wonders of Creatures
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]
AuthorZakariya al-Qazwini
Original titleعجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات
LanguageArabic
GenreCosmography
Published1203
Publication placePersia

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.

  1. ^ "Islamic Medical Manuscripts, Natural History 3". www.nlm.nih.gov.