Al-Wakwak
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Al-Wakwak, also spelled al-Waq Waq, Wak al-Wak or just Wak Wak, is the name of an island, or possibly more than one island, in medieval Arabic geographical and imaginative literature.
The Queen of the island of Waqwaq, folio from Walters manuscript W.659
Derived ultimately from a conflation of medieval Persian and Qur'anic sources, including descriptions of the mythical island of Waq-waq inhabited by half-plant/half-animal creatures, this painting depicts a plant that brings forth animal life in multiple forms. Early 1600s, Mughal India. Cleveland Museum of Art.
Waqwaq tree illustration, Book of Wonders (14th century manuscript) by Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani
Çınar incident
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Çınar incident is the name of a 17th-century rebellion in the Ottoman Empire. It is also sometimes known as "The Event of the Wakwak", named after a mythical tree on which human beings grew, as an ana
Al-Wakwak
…Zaqqum, a tree in Jahannam, the fruits of which are shaped like the heads of devils. Çınar incident, a rebellion in the Ottoman Empire; called Vakʿa-ı Vakvakiye "The Event of the Wakwak" for the number of people hanged from trees. Toorawa, Shawkat M…
Çınar Vakası