Figure 1. The Umayyad mosque in Damascus. This image has been released into the public domain by its author 'Isaam Bayazidi (at the Arabic Wikipedia project).
When Ridhwan al-Sa’ati Anteceded Big Ben by More than Six Centuries
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The following article by Abdel Aziz al-Jaraki, a scholar...
Figure 1. "Goke" an Ottoman war ship. Miniature taken from Katip Celebi's manuscript Tuhfetü'l-kibar. Topkapi Palace Library, R. 1192.
Ottoman Maritime Arsenals And Shipbuilding Technology In The 16th And 17th Centuries
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In this article Prof. Idris Bostan describes Ottoman...
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Overview on al-Jazari and his Mechanical Devices
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In this article, Professor Yavuz Unat, a known historian of...
Figure 1: The cover of the magazine "Science and Technics" (Bilim ve Teknik) published by TUBITAK.
An 800 Years Old Ancestor: Today’s Science of Robotics and Al-Jazari
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Introducing al-Jazari's ancestry to modern cybernetics and...
Figure 1: The three basic styles of a fountain.
The Self Changing Fountain of Banu Musa bin Shakir
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Amongst the mechanical devices described by the Banu Musa...
Manuscript view of the castle clock. Source: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Egyptian manuscript, Mamluk period, Accession number: 14.533 (ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 39.37 x 27.62 cm). (Source).
Al-Jazari’s Castle Water Clock: Analysis of its Components and Functioning
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The first machine described by al-Jazari in his famous...
Picture of the pump for raising water of al-Jazari, preserved in the manuscript copy held in Topkapi Sarayi Libray, Ahmet III collection, MS 3472 [2].
Al-Jazari's Third Water-Raising Device: Analysis of its Mathematical and Mechanical Principles
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Five pumps or water-raising machines are described by al-...
Figure 1: Dr Geoffrey Roper (Source).
Muslim Printing Before Gutenberg
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Gutenberg in the 15th century. Based on his work on...
Wash-basin in the form of a peacock described by Al-Jazari in Kitab fi Ma'rifat al-Hiyal al-Handisayya. Manuscript copied in Sha'ban 6002/ March 1205. (Source).
Al-Jazari: The Mechanical Genius
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The following short survey presents a rapid overview on the...
Figure 1: This folio belongs to a section on archery in the Treatise on Armoury written for Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi (1169-1193), the celebrated founder of the Ayyubid dynasty whose control extended over Egypt and Syria from the second half of the twelfth century, by Murda ibn ‘Ali al-Tarsusi. The work discusses weapons and tactics. MS produced in Syria in the second half of the twelfth century. It is preserved at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, MS Huntington 264. See: Saladin's treatise on Armoury. (Source).
Muslim Rocket Technology
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Arabic accounts report that Muslims introduced firearms...
Figure 1: Professor Dr Mohamed Mansour.
A Review of Early Muslim Control Engineering
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During the period of Islamic-Arabic extraordinary activity...
