Minaret. Illustration from a Persian translation of 'Aja'ib al-makhlukat wa ghara'ib al-maujudat' (Marvels of creatures and strange things existing) b

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Minaret. Illustration from a Persian translation of 'Aja'ib al-makhlukat wa ghara'ib al-maujudat' (Marvels of creatures and strange things existing) by the thirteenth century scholar Zakariya al-Qazwini.

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