| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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City centre mosque.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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The heritage area has several small museums.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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Bastion from the original city walls.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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Part of the original city walls.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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Gateway.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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Al Gharbi House.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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The theatre.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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Comedy and tragedy.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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Apartment blocks by the city wall.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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Traditional stone building.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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Narrow passageway.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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The Heritage Museum displays crafts from Sharjah.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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Blanket weaving.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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Pearl diving was common before the discovery of oil in the UAE.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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Female jewelry made from gold.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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Spice dealer.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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Children's play area.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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The museum has a number of exhibits about folk stories from the Gulf region.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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"The Secret" is one of the folk stories of the region.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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Diorama of "The Menacing Palm Tree".
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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The story of "The Snatcher".
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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"Hamad and Soga" is the story of a Beduin boy and his dog.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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View from the Heritage area.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Caligraphy Museum
|
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The Caligraphy Museum contains displays of beautiful caligraphy like "Mashallah" (Khsroa Subahshi).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Caligraphy Museum
|
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God grants success (Hamid al-Amadi, Turkey 1959).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Caligraphy Museum
|
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Muslim prayer by Muhammad al-Wahab (Turkey 1958).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Caligraphy Museum
|
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Prayer by Haleem (Turkey 1689).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Caligraphy Museum
|
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Quranic verse by Abbas al-Baghdadi (Iraq, 2004).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Caligraphy Museum
|
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Hadith by Hassan Jalabi (Turkey 2004).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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The commercial district.
|
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
|
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Modern building with four wind cooling towers.
|
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
District : Rolla Square
|
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Rolla Square is the centre of Sharjah.
|
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
District : Rolla Square
|
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Rolla Square is the main hub of the city.
|
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
District : Rolla Square
|
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Minibuses to Dubai.
|
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
District : Rolla Square
|
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Mosque in the square.
|
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
District : Rolla Square
|
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Shops in the central area.
|
2008 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
District : Rolla Square
|
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Rolla Square at night.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
District : Rolla Square
|
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Juice bar.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The spectacular Museum of Islamic Civilisation.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The museum is set in a former souq.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The spectacular golden dome.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The former entrance to the souq.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The interior where shops used to be.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Detail of the Al Ma'mun globe.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The elephant clock has Arabic, Persian, Indian, Egyptian, Greek and Chinese elements.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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World map by Al-Idrisi from 1154.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Detail of the Al-Idrisi map.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Instrument for measuring angles between celestial bodies (1580).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Model of a water clock by Al-Jazari (1200s).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Painting of Maydan Mosque in Baghdad (Abd al-Qadar, Iraq, 1910).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Qurans and their intricate boxes owned by the ruler of Sharjah.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Decorated Quran box.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Mother of pearl Quran box.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Quran of unknown date.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Silk bag for the key to the Kaaba (Mecca, 1987).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Quran from 16th century Iran.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Map of the Great Mosque at Mecca (Rashid Umar Sunbul, 1950).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Curtain used to cover the Kaaba in the Great Mosque at Mecca.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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1930 photograph of the Great Mosque at Mecca.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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1931 photograph of a military parade in Mecca.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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1931 photograph of pilgrims in Mecca.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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1931 photograph of the exterior of the Great Mosque at Mecca.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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1880 photograph of the Kaaba in the Great Mosque at Mecca.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Print of Mecca from 1882.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The original souq centre.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The original souq interior.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Balance developed in 1115 by Abu Hatim.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Lamp that stays lit when the wind blows (9th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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12th century device for measuring angles between celestial objects.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Detail of a measuring device used in astronomy.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Instrument for determining the Meridian by Ibn al-Haitham (16th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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The only known Byzantine astrolabe, preserved in Italy from the 14th century.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Astrolabe from Cairo (1660).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Double quadrant (1406) from a European design.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Device for calulating planetary conjunctions (17th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Ibn Majid's compass.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Constellations according to Al-Sufi (903 - 986).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Sundial by Al-Raqqam, 1315 Granada.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Portable cylindrical sundial (al-Marrakusi, 13th century).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Water clock with alarm (al-Jazari).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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A balance clock that measures minutes (al-Khazini, 1211).
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Zodiac signs on a Spanish-Arabic candle clock, 1268.
|
2022 |
| United Arab Emirates |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : 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 |
State / Province : Emirate of Sharjah
City / Town : Sharjah
Site / Event : Museum of Islamic Civilisation
|
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Dentistry tools (10th century).
|
2022 |
were added from 1 February 2025.