Al-Ijliyyah, Astrolabe maker of Aleppo

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Al-Ijliyyahالعجلية

Aleppo

A woman astrolabe maker of Aleppo, at the court of Sayf al-Dawla.

Ibn al-Nadim's Fihrist names al-Ijliyyah, daughter of an astrolabe maker, among the instrument makers of her day, working for the Hamdanid ruler of Aleppo. Astrolabes were used to tell the time of prayer and find the direction of the qiblah.

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AleppoSayf al-Dawla

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