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Celestial Globe, by Diya al-Din Muhammad, Lahore, 1663/4

Inventory Number 45247


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.45247

Item type
Object
Provenance
Presented by J. A. Billmeir.
Primary inscriptions
Signed, 'Work of the least of the servants Diyâ' ad-dîn Muhammad b. Qâ'im Muhammad b. Mullâ 'Îsà b. Shaikh Ilâh-dâd the imperial (himâyûnî) astrolabist of Lahore, in the Hijrî year 1074 [= 1663/4 A.D.]'.
Physical material
Brass and silver
Object type
Celestial globe
Dimensions
Height: 22cm Width: 33.5cm Depth: 29.5cm Weight: 4.15kg
Inventory No
45247
Accession Number
1957-84/25