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Astrolabe: Eastern
`Isa ibn Allahdad1601
Adler Planetarium
Chicago, United States
Body, rete, uninscribed diopter missing 1 sight, handle and ring. Three original tympans. Two extra, blank tympans. Replacement screws and nut. 48 star markers. Labeled in Arabic. "sana`ahu ada`af al-`ibad `isa wald allahdad asturlabi lahuri hamayuni ta'rikh shahr dhi al-hijjah" [The weakest of the servants (of God), `Isa ibn Allahdad, the astrolabe-maker, of Lahore, the Humayuni, date month Dhu al-hijjah (June 1009)]; "sanah 1009" [year 1009]
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- Title: Astrolabe: Eastern
- Creator: `Isa ibn Allahdad
- Date Created: 1601
- Location Created: Pakitan
- Original Source: https://adler-ais.axiellhosting.com/Details/collect/1371
- Rights: Courtesy of the Adler Planetarium
- Medium: brass
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