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Zakariya al-Qazwini

1203 - 1283

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Zakariyya' al-Qazwini (full name: Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyāʾ ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd al-Qazwīnī, Arabic: أبو يحيى زكرياء بن محمد بن محمود القزويني), also known as Qazvini (Persian: قزوینی), (born c. 1203 in Qazvin, Iran, and died 1283), was a cosmographer and geographer. He belonged to a family of jurists originally descended from Anas bin Malik (a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad) which had been well established in Qazvin long before al-Qazwini was born. His most famous work is the ʿAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt wa-gharāʾib al-mawjūdāt (lit. 'Wonders of the Creation and Unique [phenomena] of the Existence'), a seminal work in cosmography. He is also the author of the geographical dictionary Āthār al-bilād wa-akhbār al-ʿibād (lit. 'Monuments of the Lands and Historical Traditions about Their Peoples'). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zakariya al-Qazwini is the 26th most popular geographer, the 158th most popular biography from Iran and the most popular Iranian Geographer.

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Zakariya al-Qazwini ranks 26 out of 86. Before him are Ibn Jubayr, Al-Bakri, William Morris Davis, Élisée Reclus, Fra Mauro, and James Lovelock. After him are Sebastian Münster, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Johann Georg Gmelin, Albrecht Penck, Abraham Cresques, and Abu Sa'id Gardezi.

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Among people born in 1203, Zakariya al-Qazwini ranks 2. Before him is Mindaugas. After him are Bartholomeus Anglicus, Peter II, Count of Savoy, Abu Zakariya Yahya, and Abu Shama. Among people deceased in 1283, Zakariya al-Qazwini ranks 3. Before him are Ata-Malik Juvayni, and Philip I, Latin Emperor. After him are Wen Tianxiang, Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, Margaret of Scotland, Queen of Norway, and Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Zakariya al-Qazwini ranks 158 out of 631. Before him are Arses of Persia (-360), Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897), Musa al-Sadr (1928), Arsaces II of Parthia (-300), Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), and Suleiman of Persia (1647). After him are Vologases III of Parthia (100), Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952), Datis (-600), Al-Juwayni (1028), Karim Khan Zand (1705), and Abu Nasr Mansur (960).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Iran

Among geographers born in Iran, Zakariya al-Qazwini ranks 1. 

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