Zakariya al-Qazwini
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Abu Yahya Zakariya' ibn Muhammad al-Qazwini (1203–1283) was an Arab or Persian physician, astronomer, geographer and proto-science fiction writer. He belonged to a family of jurists who had long before settled in Qazvin. He was a descendant of the Medina sahabi Anas bin Malik.
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