The Wonders of Creation
ʿAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt
ca.1203-1283, copied in Turkish Ottoman
(1500-1928) (1717 CE, Turkey)
W 659 f.149a Walters Art Museum                  

This is an Ottoman illuminated and illustrated Turkish version of ʿAjāʾib al-makhlūqāt (Wonders of Creation) by Zakarīyā al-Qazwīnī (d. 692 AH/1293 CE), made at the request of the Vizier Murtaza Paşa (Murtaḍá Pāshā) (fl.11th AH/17th CE). The codex was completed in 1121 AH/1717 CE by Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Shākir Rūzmah-ʾi Nāthānī. There are 444 paintings illustrating the text.