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Acâibü'l-Mahlûkât · The Book of Wonders

Qazwīnī's 13th-century cosmography — angels, constellations, seas, beasts, and marvels — travelled the Islamic world in translation. Here it is as illuminated manuscript in Ottoman Turkish (1553) and Persian (1565), and as a 19th-century Persian lithograph. The Ottoman manuscript also carries oedio's first complete AI transcription and translation — all 314 pages rendered into readable text and English, likely for the first time.

Ottoman Turkish
ʻAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt — Ottoman Turkish manuscript
Illuminated manuscript · 1553 · 314 pages
The Ottoman Turkish translation, copied 1553 — miniatures and illumination throughout.
Facsimile — page images Library of Congress
ʻAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt — Ottoman text (AI transcription)
Transcribed from the 1553 manuscript by Claude (AI) · 1553 · 314 pages
A complete AI transcription of the manuscript's nesih hand into readable Arabic-script text, all 314 pages, beside the original scans — unverified, and offered so readers can check it against the source.
Full text + scans Library of Congress
Persian
ʻAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt — Persian manuscript
Illuminated manuscript · 1565 · 713 pages
A 713-page Persian manuscript of the Wonders, richly illustrated.
Facsimile — page images Library of Congress
ʻAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt — Persian lithograph
Printed Tehran-tradition lithograph · 1866 · 207 pages
The Wonders in print: a 19th-century lithographed edition with drawn illustrations.
Facsimile — page images Library of Congress
‘Ajā’ib al-makhlūqāt — Persian lithograph text (AI transcription)
Transcribed from the 1866 lithograph by Claude (AI) · 1866 · 207 pages
A complete AI transcription of the printed Persian text, all 207 pages, beside the original lithograph scans — unverified, and offered so readers can check it against the source.
Full text + scans Library of Congress
Translations
The Wonders of Creation — English (AI translation)
Translated from the Ottoman Turkish by Claude (AI) · 1553 · 314 pages
The first known English rendering of this Ottoman translation, all 314 pages — generated by AI from the manuscript itself, unverified, with the source scan one tap away on every page.
Full text + scans Library of Congress
The Wonders of Creation — Persian lithograph, English (AI translation)
Translated from the Persian by Claude (AI) · 1866 · 207 pages
An English rendering of the 1866 printed edition, all 207 pages — generated by AI from the lithograph itself, unverified, with the source scan one tap away on every page.
Full text + scans Library of Congress