Astrolabe, by Diya al-Din Muhammad, Lahore, 1658/9 | |||||||||||
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Object is on display. | |||||||||||
Inventory Number: | 53637 | ||||||||||
Object Type: | Object | ||||||||||
Persons: |
Diya ad-din Muhammad (Maker (Signed by)) | ||||||||||
Date Created: | Dated 1069 A.H. (1658/9 CE) | ||||||||||
Place Created: | Lahore Pakistan Asia |
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Subject Classification(s): | Astrolabes | ||||||||||
Accession Number: | 1924-0/part | ||||||||||
Brief Description: | A fine example of an astrolabe belonging to the famous Lahore workshop. This astrolabe was made by the grand-son of the founder, Diya al-din Muhammad, who specialised in the making of celestial globes but also produced astrolabes. | ||||||||||
Primary Inscriptions: | عمل أضعف العباد ضياء الدين بن القائم محمد ابن ملا عيسى ابن شيخ الهداد ،اسطرلابي همايوني لاهوري سنة ١٠٦٩ الهجرية
"Work of the least of the servants Diya al-din ibn Qaim Muhammad ibn Mulla Isa ibn Shaikh Allah-dad Humayun's astrolabist of Lahore in the Hijri year 1069". Engraved within the shadow-square. | ||||||||||
Provenance: | Presented by Lewis Evans.
Evans purchased it from Francis Vitali, Algeria, in July 1911. | ||||||||||
Collection Group: | Lewis Evans Collection | ||||||||||
Material(s): |
Brass | ||||||||||
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