A Persian Adaptation of the Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence ('Aja'ib al-Makhluqat wa Ghara'ib al-Mawjudat) by Azari Tusi (d. 866/1462)
17th century
Iran
25.8 x 15.5 cm; Persian manuscript on paper, twelve lines of text per page in Persian nasta'liq in black ink on a gold powdered ground, in two columns. Binding with gold and polychrome painted and lacquered decoration on board.
This cosmographic text is an adaptation of the immensely popular encyclopedic work in Arabic The Wonders of Creation and Oddities of Existence by the Persian judge, legal expert, and scholar Zakariya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini.
