A work from the beginning of the 13th century, belonging to one of the genres of medieval Persian and Arabic geographical literature - "adja'ib". This monument is both literary and scientific, since it is a valuable source on the historical geography of a number of cities in Northwestern Iran, as well as Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia at the end of the 12th – beginning of the 13th centuries. Critical text, translation from Persian, introduction, commentary and indexes by L.P. Smirnova. CONTENTS: Introduction 8 Wonders of the world 45 Commentary 246 Appendices 303 List of abbreviations 304 Literature 305 Index of geographical and ethnic names 317 Index of names 324 Subject index 327 Conventions 334 Text. 'Aja'ib ad-dunya 335Summary 537