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Anonymous, Persia, Sundial and pointer to the Mecca (qibla)

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Anonymous, Persia
Sundial and pointer to the Mecca (qībla), 18th century
Oxford, Museum of the History of Science, inv. 48472

This instrument combines a sundial with a qībla pointer, used to establish the direction of Mecca towards which Muslims have to face when praying.