Depth
At a glance
- Roles
- Scholar · writer
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Zakariya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini, author of "The Wonders of Creation" and "The Monuments of the Lands and the Reports of the Servants", which Haji Khalifa says he composed in 674 AH. 1
His death
His pupil Ibn al-Fuwati relates that he died in Muharram 682 AH. 1 The Gregorian date recorded in the data (about 1283 CE) is derived from the Hijri date. The data describe him as a man of learning and writing in Persia and Central Asia.
His birth date and the details of his life need an additional source.
Sources
- Kashf al-Zunun an Asami al-Kutub wa'l-Funun — Hajji Khalifa (Furqan ed.) , p. 179-180
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Zakariyya al-Qazwini”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/al-qazwini/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-23.