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کتابخانه
محل استقرار
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ALei1150
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Astrolabes, quadrants, and calculating devices - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
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[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
King, David A.
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Leiden
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Brill
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(2,946 words)
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Astrolabe (Ar. asṭurlāb or aṣṭurlāb ), is a Greek invention of late antiquity, which Muslims first encountered in the second/eighth century in Ḥarrān. The utility of the instrument-a mirror of the universe that can be held in the hand-immediately inspired them to make astrolabes of their own, with the earliest surviving Islamic astrolabe dating from late second/eighth-century Baghdad. The instrument has many uses, especially as an analogue computer and for astronomical timekeeping, as well as for deriving basic information for a horoscope. Muslim astronomers in Baghdad
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Title
Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
International Standard Serial Number
9789004356665
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Islam.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
King, David A.
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275578
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