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the court
(صحن)

Title	the court
Title Original	صحن
Author	Sayed Thabet.
Author Original	سيد ثابت
Publication Date:	10th / 16th century
Publication Place	- The National Museum in Damascus
Subject	Black and blue colored porcelain on a white bed under a transparent glaze.
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع:5ر3 سم؛ القطر: 5ر18 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	ع ر 1727
Record ID	object;ISL;sy;Mus01;38;ar
Library Location	The National Museum in Damascus
Date	10th / 16th century
Notes	A Muslim prays five times a day, and during prayer he must face the Qiblah, which is the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca. Therefore, he needs a tool to help him determine the location of the Kaaba in order to go to it, and this plate is one of the tools used for this purpose. The bottom of the dish is round and flat, and its circumference is almost perpendicular to the bottom. In the middle of the plate is a circle on which is written the name of the maker and the place of manufacture, with the phrase “Sayyid Thabet’s work in Damascus.” Tables emanate from the center of the courtyard to its surroundings in successive bands that include the names of a number of cities on three levels. These cities include: Damascus, Baghdad, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Tehran, and Kabul. The plate also contains letters that represent numbers that give angle degrees. We also find on the perimeter of the courtyard units, each of which is equal to five degrees, in addition to the names of the four directions (east, west, north, and south) written within semicircles. As for the outside circumference of the courtyard, the method of use was explained to it through two lines. Between these two lines are four screens on which is written indicating that this tool was made with a drawing of Sultan Selim. All the previous information was recorded in black ink on a white basis under a transparent glass layer, and executed in Kufic script.
Sample Text	Mona al-Moadin "Plate" within Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;sy;Mus01;38;ar

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the court

(صحن)

Author Sayed Thabet.

Author Original سيد ثابت

Publication Date 10th / 16th century

Publication Place - The National Museum in Damascus

Subject Black and blue colored porcelain on a white bed under a transparent glaze.

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع:5ر3 سم؛ القطر: 5ر18 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID ع ر 1727

Record ID object;ISL;sy;Mus01;38;ar

Library Location The National Museum in Damascus

Date 10th / 16th century

Notes A Muslim prays five times a day, and during prayer he must face the Qiblah, which is the Kaaba in the holy city of Mecca. Therefore, he needs a tool to help him determine the location of the Kaaba in order to go to it, and this plate is one of the tools used for this purpose. The bottom of the dish is round and flat, and its circumference is almost perpendicular to the bottom. In the middle of the plate is a circle on which is written the name of the maker and the place of manufacture, with the phrase “Sayyid Thabet’s work in Damascus.” Tables emanate from the center of the courtyard to its surroundings in successive bands that include the names of a number of cities on three levels. These cities include: Damascus, Baghdad, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Tehran, and Kabul. The plate also contains letters that represent numbers that give angle degrees. We also find on the perimeter of the courtyard units, each of which is equal to five degrees, in addition to the names of the four directions (east, west, north, and south) written within semicircles. As for the outside circumference of the courtyard, the method of use was explained to it through two lines. Between these two lines are four screens on which is written indicating that this tool was made with a drawing of Sultan Selim. All the previous information was recorded in black ink on a white basis under a transparent glass layer, and executed in Kufic script.

Sample Text Mona al-Moadin "Plate" within Discover Islamic Art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;ISL;sy;Mus01;38;ar