Abu Yahya Zakariya ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud-al-Qazwini, Wonders of the Seven Seas (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing); facsimile of a page from an illuminated manuscript transcribed some time in the 17th or 18th century (Persia).
Zakariya Qazvini (1203–1283), ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (عجائب المخلوقات و غرائب الموجودات), Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing (عجائب المخلوقات والجوانب الإعجازية الأشياء الموجودة), ca. 1280 C.E.
Tile illustrating the Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing (Zakariya al-Qazwini), Iran, 19th century.
Persian manuscripts; Zakarīyā Ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnī (1203–1283), Kitāb'Ajā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing), Muhammad ibn Muhammad Shakir Ruzmah-'i Nathani, c. 1717.
Abu Yahya Zakariya' ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini; 'Wonders of the Seven Seas’ section of ‘Aja’ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara’ib al-mawjudat (Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing), ca. 1203-1283 CE.
A simurgh - a monstrous mythical bird with the power of reasoning and speech. From ‘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). {The copy was made in 1537/944, probably in Western India} Neither the copyist nor illustrator is named. [U.S. National Library of Medicine]