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Mount Qaf

Cosmology An illustration in Zakariya al-Qazwini's "The Wonders of Creation" showing "a disk-like earth with the surrounding range of Qaf Mountains resting on the back of a giant bull (al-Rayyan), which in turn stands on a vast fish (Bahamut) held up by an Angel. This type of visualisation of the structure of the universe was not unusual in the thirteenth century."[1]

Mount Qaf, or Qaf-Kuh, also spelled Cafcuh and Kafkuh (Persian: قاف‌کوه), or Jabal Qaf, also spelled Djebel Qaf (Arabic: جبل قاف), or Koh-i-Qaf, also spelled Koh-Qaf and Kuh-i-Qaf or Kuh-e Qaf (Persian: کوہ قاف) is a legendary mountain in the popular mythology of the Middle East. In some early Arab traditions, Mount Qaf is said to be the homeland of the jinn and was made out of shining emerald by God.[1]

  1. ^ a b Lebling, Robert. Legends of the Fire Spirits: Jinn and Genies from Arabia to Zanzibar. I.B.Tauris. pp. 24–28. ISBN 9780857730633.
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