Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283
Call Number:
Arabic MSS 575
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
In the center of the map is Mecca; the ocean is located on each side along the outer edge of the sheet with the pillars of the earth in the four corners. Great emphasis is placed on Africa and the Nile river. Other places of interest include: Wasteland where nobody lives, Mountains of the Moon, Land of the Slavs and Franks, Gog and Magog, Land of the Turks (Central Asia), Red Sea (rectangular water mass), the Source of life
Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad, approximately 1203-1283
Call Number:
Persian MSS +28
Image Count:
212
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Cosmography, translated from the Arabic into Persian
Alternative Title:
ʻAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt. Persian
Description:
Fairly modern (18th century?) nastaʻlīq, in red and black., ʻUnwān in gold and colors on leaf 1 verso; copious illustrations in colors., On fly-leaf: "D.D. Cunnighame.", and Islamic binding, covered with needlework, mostly eaten away.
