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Flat spherical astrolabe
(إسطرلاب كروي مسطح)

Title	Flat spherical astrolabe
Title Original	إسطرلاب كروي مسطح
Publication Date:	374 AH / 984-985 AD
Publication Place	- Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)
Subject	Copper, iron, black composite; Casting, perforation, installation, engraving
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Physical Dimensions	الارتفاع: 21.1 سم، العرض: 15.1 سم، العمق: 3.1 سم
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	SI.5.1999
Record ID	object;EPM;qt;Mus21;29;ar
Library Location	Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)
Date	374 AH / 984-985 AD
Notes	This cast copper astrolabe was used to determine time by observing the positions of the stars and the sun, determining the direction of the Qibla, and calculating the constellations. On the edge of the back is written: Made (or made by) Hamid bin Al-Khidr Al-Khujandi [in] the year 374 AH [984-955 AD]. Although there is no evidence of where the astrolabe was made or by whom, Al-Khajandi was a prominent maker of astronomical instruments, an astronomer, and a mathematician.
Sample Text	Tara Desjardins “Flat Spherical Astrolabe” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;29;ar

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Flat spherical astrolabe

(إسطرلاب كروي مسطح)

Publication Date 374 AH / 984-985 AD

Publication Place - Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)

Subject Copper, iron, black composite; Casting, perforation, installation, engraving

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Physical Dimensions الارتفاع: 21.1 سم، العرض: 15.1 سم، العمق: 3.1 سم

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID SI.5.1999

Record ID object;EPM;qt;Mus21;29;ar

Library Location Museum of the Islamic Serf (MIA)

Date 374 AH / 984-985 AD

Notes This cast copper astrolabe was used to determine time by observing the positions of the stars and the sun, determining the direction of the Qibla, and calculating the constellations. On the edge of the back is written: Made (or made by) Hamid bin Al-Khidr Al-Khujandi [in] the year 374 AH [984-955 AD]. Although there is no evidence of where the astrolabe was made or by whom, Al-Khajandi was a prominent maker of astronomical instruments, an astronomer, and a mathematician.

Sample Text Tara Desjardins “Flat Spherical Astrolabe” in Discover Islamic Art Collections. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;qt;Mus21;29;ar