Coming up is a list from The Book of Wonders of the Age (from the archives of Stephen Ellcock) which consists of two parts.
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First is a part of Haiyat al-Haiyawan حَياة الْحَيوان الكُبرى/Lives of the Animals, by Muhammad Ibn Musa Kamal Ad-din Al-Damiri (1341-1405)
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2nd part is extracts from the ‘Wonders of the Seven Seas’ section of ‘Aja’ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara’ib al-mawjudat'
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(Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing)by Abu Yahya Zakariya ibn Muhammad ibn Mahmud-al-Qazwini (c. 1203-1283)
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Fish with snake-infested human head
Abraha’s attack on Mecca
The Island of Long Beards
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The Snake wrapped around the Earth
Hoopoe
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Rabbits with fish tails
Island of the giant bird
Woodlice
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Al-burāq
Jinn?
cats?
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Replying to
Rabbit with human head
King Solomon
Dovecote
Replying to
The Island of Cyprus
Island of Tin, plagued by dragons
The Island of Goats
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The Island of Samarandap
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