1894 Brewer’s / Z / Zakarija ibn Muhammed
surnamed Kazwînî, from Kaswîn, the place of his birth. De Sacy calls him “the Pliny of the East.” (1200–1283.)
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.