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English: The Wonders of Creation. The earth is surrounded by mountains of Qaf, supported by an ox, the ox stands on a fish in a cosmic ocean, the ocean is inside a bowl that sits on top of an angel. Zekeriya Kazvinî. Acaib-ül Mahlûkat (The Wonders of Creation). Translated into Turkish from Arabic. A copy dated to c.1553.[1]
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Acaib-ül Mahlûkat, the Turkish translation of ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (The Wonders of Creation)[1]   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Zekeriya Kazvinî (Turkish for Al Qazwini)
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Acaib-ül Mahlûkat, the Turkish translation of ʿAjā'ib al-makhlūqāt wa gharā'ib al-mawjūdāt (The Wonders of Creation)[1]
Date circa 1553
date QS:P571, 1553-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q76383854
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Istanbul: ca. 1553. Near East Section, African and Middle Eastern Division, Library of Congress (104)
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  1. ↑ a b c Islamic World Map. World Treasures: Beginnings. Earth. Library of Congress.

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