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The Great Umayyad Mosque. Mosaics on walls and arcades dating from 715
Frontispiece from the "Book of Antidotes" dating from 1199
Miniature depicting a scene from Bidpai's fables, 17th century
Engraved arab brass astrolabe
Painted glazed earthenware with arabic inscription
Turkish Qur'an binding made of gold and encrusted with precious stones
Penang Mosque
Pages from a 17th century Egyptian manuscript showing Mecca and Medina
Diagrams showing: 1) Determination of the Earth's circumference by measuring the difference in angle at which the Sun's noon-rays strike two separate locations 2) Ottoman map with compass and locator for determining distances 3) Al-Idrissi's 12th century map of Europe and the Islamic World
Diagrams showing: 1) Early arab navigators developed the magnetic compass to plot their course more accurately 2) Al-Biruni divided the Earth into zones of latitude and longitude 3) Al-Biruni considered the Earth's rotation centuries , before Galileo
Diagram showing how the arabs improved the quadrant to help early navigators in finding their north-south position
Penang Mosque
Dar-es-Salam or the king's palace
The University Mosque (Masjid Abdu-r-Rahman)
Drawing showing the use of a balanced lever to raise water
Drawing of an early arab block- and-tackle for lifting
Diagram showing a "foggara". Shafts are sunk below ground-water-level and trickles from them collect in the canal and form a sizeable water flow
Water cistern dating from the 9th century
Indian mosquees
Kuala Kangsar Mosque near the palace of the sultan of Perak
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