al-Qazwini – Islam and Science Fiction

Al-Qazwini’s 13th Century Marvels of creatures and Strange Things Existing available online!

On: April 20, 2016

I had the fortune of going to the Getty Center in LA a couple of weeks ago and was delighted to discover that the complete copy of Abu Yahya Zakariya ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (أبو یحیی زکریاء بن محمد القزویني) book of wonders is available online via the Getty Center. HisContinue Reading

Zakariya Al-Qazwini’s Awaj bin Anfaq (Proto-Science Fiction?)

By: Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad

On: June 13, 2013

In: Arabic SF

(An illustration from one of Al-Qizwini’s books) In his review of Arabic Science Fiction Ackhmed Khammas mentions that al-Qizwini wrote a story Awaj bin Anfaq which has proto Science Fiction elements e.g., i.e., a man who came to earth from a distant planet. Abu Yahya Zakariya’ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini ‎(1203–1283)Continue Reading