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State |
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Town |
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| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Heritage Museum |
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 "Hamad and Soga" is the story of a Beduin boy and his dog. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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View from the Heritage area. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Caligraphy Museum |
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The Caligraphy Museum contains displays of beautiful caligraphy like "Mashallah" (Khsroa Subahshi). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Caligraphy Museum |
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God grants success (Hamid al-Amadi, Turkey 1959). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Caligraphy Museum |
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Muslim prayer by Muhammad al-Wahab (Turkey 1958). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Caligraphy Museum |
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Prayer by Haleem (Turkey 1689). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Caligraphy Museum |
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Quranic verse by Abbas al-Baghdadi (Iraq, 2004). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Caligraphy Museum |
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Hadith by Hassan Jalabi (Turkey 2004). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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The commercial district. |
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Modern building with four wind cooling towers. |
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
Rolla Square |
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Rolla Square is the centre of Sharjah. |
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
Rolla Square |
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Rolla Square is the main hub of the city. |
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
Rolla Square |
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Minibuses to Dubai. |
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
Rolla Square |
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Mosque in the square. |
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
Rolla Square |
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Shops in the central area. |
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
Rolla Square |
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Rolla Square at night. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
Rolla Square |
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Juice bar. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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The spectacular Museum of Islamic Civilisation. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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The museum is set in a former souq. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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The spectacular golden dome. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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The former entrance to the souq. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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The interior where shops used to be. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Modern globe based on a paper map with coordinates. Commissioned by the Abbasid Caliph, Al Ma'mun (9th century). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Detail of the Al Ma'mun globe. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Model of an elephant clock based on the description in a 1200 book by Al-Jazari. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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The elephant clock has Arabic, Persian, Indian, Egyptian, Greek and Chinese elements. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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The influences on the elephant clock represent the extent of 12th century Islamic contact with the rest of the world. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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World map by Al-Idrisi from 1154. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Detail of the Al-Idrisi map. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Instrument for measuring angles between celestial bodies (1580). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Model of a water clock by Al-Jazari (1200s). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Painting of Maydan Mosque in Baghdad (Abd al-Qadar, Iraq, 1910). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Qurans and their intricate boxes owned by the ruler of Sharjah. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Decorated Quran box. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Detail of a decorated and inscribed mother of pearl Quran box owned by the ruler of Sharjah. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Mother of pearl Quran box. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Quran of unknown date. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Silk bag for the key to the Kaaba (Mecca, 1987). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Quran from 16th century Iran. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Photograph of the Maqam Ibrahim Pavillion built by the Ottomans in 1407 and removed by the Saudi Government in 1965. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Map of the Great Mosque at Mecca (Rashid Umar Sunbul, 1950). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Curtain used to cover the Kaaba in the Great Mosque at Mecca. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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1930 photograph of the Great Mosque at Mecca. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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1931 photograph of a military parade in Mecca. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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1931 photograph of pilgrims in Mecca. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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1931 photograph of the exterior of the Great Mosque at Mecca. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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1880 photograph of the Kaaba in the Great Mosque at Mecca. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Drawing of the Kaaba in the Great Mosque of Mecca by the artist, Nao (1882). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Print of Mecca from 1882. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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The original souq centre. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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The original souq interior. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Balance developed in 1115 by Abu Hatim. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Hoist with gear drive. This can lift a weight 150 times greater than the force applied. It was developed in 1553 by the Ottomans. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Lamp that stays lit when the wind blows (9th century). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Steam driven roasting spit (1546). It works by directing steam at the cups which then turn. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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12th century device for measuring angles between celestial objects. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Detail of a measuring device used in astronomy. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Instrument for determining the Meridian by Ibn al-Haitham (16th century). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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The only known Byzantine astrolabe, preserved in Italy from the 14th century. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Astrolabe from Cairo (1660). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Double quadrant (1406) from a European design. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Device for calulating planetary conjunctions (17th century). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Astrolabes are made for a specific latitude. This one is a copy of an original by Muhammad bin Khalil (1698) and is now in Berlin. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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European star atlas based on the work of Abd al-Rahman al-Sufo (10th century). The names of the constellations are in French, Latin, Greek and Arabic. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Ibn Majid's compass. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Compass for determining prayer times attributed to the mathematician, Al-Kwarizmi (9th century). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Constellations according to Al-Sufi (903 - 986). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Sundial by Al-Raqqam, 1315 Granada. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Portable cylindrical sundial (al-Marrakusi, 13th century). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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The sundial of al-Muhallabi was constructed to determine tha latitude of Cairo (1426). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Water clock with alarm (al-Jazari). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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A balance clock that measures minutes (al-Khazini, 1211). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Mercury clock described in a book written in 1268 by King Alfonso X of Castille who studied Islamic science. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Mechanical clock of Taqi al-Din (1559). The clock uses springs and measures minutes and lunar phases. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Spanish-Arabic candle clock described in a book written in 1268 by King Alfonso X of Castille. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Zodiac signs on a Spanish-Arabic candle clock, 1268. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Andalucian candle clock made for the ruler of Granada, Muhammad V in 1362. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Detail of an Andalucian candle clock (1362). Quranic verses appear in the doors every hour. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Dentistry tools (10th century). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Instruments for the eyes. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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General surgical tools. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Gynaecological and delivery instruments. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Instruments for the ears and throat. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Cauteries for the spine and head (10th century). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Rosewater still from Al Mizza village in Syria. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Still from 1327. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Copy of a double alembic from a book by Al-Razi. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
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Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Distillation still. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Hand grenades from the Ottoman era. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Biological grenade. This would contain poisonous arthropods. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Model of a trebuchet that fires arrows in quick succession. The original plans are in the inset. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Gauge for measuring ballistic angles in warfare. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
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Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Model of a trebuchet for firing heavy arrows. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Model of an oven for making glass (8th century). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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11th century instrument for making circles designed by Al-Haitham. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Levelling device as described by Andalucian mathematician Al-Marakusi and engineer, Abu Utman (13th century). |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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10th century glazed ceramic bowl from Nishapur, Iran. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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A copy of the famous world map by Al-Idrisi completed in Sicily, 1154. This was the only world map in Europe for three centuries. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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10th century glazed ceramic bowl with Kufic script from Nishapur, Iran. |
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
Emirate of Sharjah |
|
Sharjah |
|
Museum of Islamic Civilisation |
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Instruments to measure latitude described by Al-Biruni (died 1048). |
2022 |
