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Zakariya b. Muhammab b. Mahmudal - Kamuni al-
Qazwini was born AH 600 (1203 AD) in Kazwin
in Persia, + spent some years in Damascus before
settling, in Irak where he became Kadi of Wasit +
Hilla. He died AH 682 (1283 AD) He wrote 2
compilatory works a Cosmology + a Geography, both
of which becaem the classic works of their type
within Arabic culture, spread in many manuscripts
+ several times translated from Arabic into
Persian + Turkish.