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Description: A page of Al-Khalili's qibla table, showing the direction of qibla calculated from various latitudes and longitudes. Entries are written in Arabic sexagesimal notation, black indicates northerly directions and red indicates southerly. For more details, see: King, David A. “Al-Khalīlī's Qibla Table.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 34, no. 2, 1975, pp. 81–122. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/545208.
Title: Al-Khalili qibla table, Damascus copy 15th-16th century
Credit: Scan of a manuscript copy found in: David. A. King (2006) Al-Khalili and the Culmination of Spherical Astronomy in 14th-Century Damascus. High resolution scan found here ASTRONOMICAL TABLES OF SHAMS AL-DIN ABU 'ABDULLAH MUHAMMAD BIN MUHAMMAD BIN MUHAMMAD AL-KHALILI, Christie's
Author: unanymous Syrian copy (15th or 16th century) of a table prepared by Shams al-Din al-Khalili (14th century)
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