‘Ajā’ib almakhlūqāt wagharā’ib almawjūdāt عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب
The text is probably the best known example of 'ajā'ib or 'jā'ib al-makhlūqāt literature, a genre of classical Islamic literature that was concerned with "mirabilia": cosmographical and geographical topics that challenged understanding.
. English A simurgh (‘anqa') from alQazwini's Wonders of creation
The genre of Aja'ib al-makhluqat (The wonders of creation), of which al-Qazwini's work is the most famous example, includes texts in Arabic and Persian that describe the marvels of the heavens and the earth. Numerous manuscripts of al-Qazwini's work have survived, as have several Persian and Turkish translations.
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F Freer Gallery MS F1954.52 - Wonders of Creation (7 F) M Marvels of creatures and Strange things existing - Pergamon Museum Berlin (24 F) Media in category "ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt" The following 43 files are in this category, out of 43 total.
‘Ajā’ib almakhlūqāt wagharā’ib almawjūdāt عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب
There is something literary about dreams when they are written down. Dreams and literature intersect in wonder, imagination, and freedom. The excerpts translated here are dream writings from.
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Kayvan Tahmasebian, Persian Dream Writing (khāb-nāma): With Translations from Khābguzārī (12th or 13th century), and ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (12th century) There is something literary about dreams when they are written down. Dreams and literature intersect in wonder, imagination, and freedom.
‘Ajā’ib almakhlūqāt wagharā’ib almawjūdāt عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب
Congress.gov ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt. عجايب المخلوقات. Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283, author. 973 [1565 or 1566] - Cosmography--Early works to 1800 - Geography, Arab--Early works to 1800 - Manuscripts, Persian--Washington (D.C.) - Iran - Turkey - Manuscript. - Persian. - Title from fol. 2a.
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' Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara'ib al-Mawjudat, ( Arabic: عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات, meaning The Wonders of Creatures and the Marvels of Creation) is an important work of cosmography by Zakariya al-Qazwini, who was born in Qazwin (Iran) in the year 600 AH /1203 AD. Oops something went wrong: 403
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Title. A folio from a manuscript of the 'Ajā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (The wonders of creation) 17th century Artists
‘Ajā’ib almakhlūqāt wagharā’ib almawjūdāt عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب
The research presented in this book is based mainly upon the analysis of five illustrated ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt manuscripts made between 1280 and 1388. Four contain Zakariya' b. Muhammad al-Qazwini's (d. 1283) Arabic work while the last manuscript has a Persian text composed by Tusi Salmani in the last quarter of the twelfth century.
‘Ajā’ib almakhlūqāt wagharā’ib almawjūdāt عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب
The illuminated headpiece opening a copy of 'Ajā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) by al-Qazwīnī (d. 1283/682). Neither the copyist nor illustrator is named, and the copy is undated. The nature of paper, script, ink, illumination, and illustrations suggest that it was produced in provincial Mughal India.
‘Ajā’ib almakhlūqāt wagharā’ib almawjūdāt عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب
This cosmography by Zakarīyā Ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnī (circa 1203--83), Kitāb'Ajā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (The wonders of creation, or literally, Marvels of things created and miraculous aspects of things existing), enjoyed great popularity in the Arab world and was transmitted in numerous copies for centuries. This version at the Bavarian State Library in Munich.
‘Ajā’ib almakhlūqāt wagharā’ib almawjūdāt عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب
- Geography, Medieval - Natural history - Planets - Science, Medieval - Zoology - Title devised, in English, by Library staff. - "BSB Shelfmark: Cod.arab. 463"--Note extracted from World Digital Library. - Original resource extent: 299 sheets, paper : illustrations ; 30 x 20.5 centimeters.
‘Ajā’ib almakhlūqāt wagharā’ib almawjūdāt عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب
There is something literary about dreams when they are written down. Dreams and literature intersect in wonder, imagination, and freedom. The excerpts translated here are dream writings from Khābguzārī by an anonymous writer in the twelfth or thirteenth century, and ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt by Muḥammad b.
‘Ajā’ib almakhlūqāt wagharā’ib almawjūdāt عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب
A richly illuminated 16th Century [CE] copy of the Persian version of Qazwini's ʻAjāʼib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʼib al-mawjūdāt, "The marvels of creation and the oddities of existence", commonly known as "The cosmography of Qazwini".. The text is structured according to a hierarchical cosmological order, with the celestial spheres, incorporating the fixed stars, the 12 signs of the.
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The famous ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt by Zakariyyā al-Qazwīnī, written in Arabic in thirteenth century, is adapted from the work of Muḥammad b. Maḥmūd's work, which has itself grown out of a dream, according to its author: "In the morning, I dreamt the whole world was flooded, and I was walking by.
‘Ajā’ib almakhlūqāt wagharā’ib almawjūdāt عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب
The constellation Ursa Minor. From a copy of 'Ajā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing) by al-Qazwīnī (d. 1283/682). Neither the copyist nor illustrator is named, and the copy is undated. The nature of paper, script, ink, and illustrations suggests that it was produced in western India in the 18th century.
