World-Maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca
Innovation and Tradition in Islamic Science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3964384 |
|---|---|
| Authors | J L Berggren, David A King (0000-0002-8401-6514) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 512 |
| Publication date | 2001-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/606696 |
| OpenAlex | W1995372290 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
Presents an overview of the ways in which Muslims over the centuries have determined the sacred direction towards Mecca (qibla) and then describes, in detail, two 17th-century brass Iranian maps discovered in 1989 and 1995. The author shows that the geographical data derives from a 15th-century Central Asian source and that the mathematics underlying the grid was developed in 9th-century Baghdad
Ancient history · Archaeology · Geography · Islam · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical and Linguistic Studies · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · History
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2023 (24) |
| Highly cited | No |