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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zakariya al-Qazwini has received more than 271,246 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Zakariya al-Qazwini is the 26th most popular geographer (up from 28th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Iran (down from 148th in 2019) 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 James Lovelock, Sebastian Münster, David Harvey, Al-Bakri, Élisée Reclus, and Abraham Cresques. After him are Fra Mauro, William Morris Davis, Nicolas Sanson, Willem Blaeu, Albrecht Penck, and Marinus of Tyre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1203, Zakariya al-Qazwini ranks 2. Before him is Mindaugas. After him are Peter II, Count of Savoy, Abu Zakariya Yahya, Bartholomeus Anglicus, and Abu Shama. Among people deceased in 1283, Zakariya al-Qazwini ranks 2. Before him is Ata-Malik Juvayni. After him are Wen Tianxiang, Muhyi al-Din al-Maghribi, Philip I, Latin Emperor, 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 Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), Amytis of Media (-630), Al-Khazini (1077), Al-Karaji (953), Vologases IV (150), and Ibn Babawayh (918). After him are Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi (1236), Shapour Bakhtiar (1914), Vologases VI (200), Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Ashraf Pahlavi (1919), and Abbas Mirza (1789).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Iran

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

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