Islamic Concept of Education: Apparatus and Appliances

1. APPARATUS & APPLIANCES
Noraimah Samporna Abdulbasit

2. Know The
Reason

3. Early Islamic World: Science and Technology
Science and Technology flourished during
the Islamic Golden Age from around 780
CE to 1248 CE. During this time, scholars
in the Middle East made great advances in
the areas of mathematics, physics,
geography, and medicine.

4. Why Did Science Technology Flourish During This Time?
Science and technology advanced during the
Islamic Golden Age for many reasons. The
pursuit of knowledge was encouraged both by
the Islamic religion and the Islamic government.
Scholars were respected by the people and
sponsored by the government.

5. Astronomy
Astronomy was an important part of
Islamic science. It was used for
navigation, determining an accurate
calendar, and for religious purposes.
New tools were developed including
the quadrant and the astrolabe.

6. Educational apparatus and appliances in certain
subjects formed an important part of class room
equipment. Quite a formidable assortment of
apparatus was required in the teaching of
astronomy and normally every institution had an
astrolabe, an astronomical globe and other
accessories.

7. A S T R O L A B E
The astrolabe is an
ancient astronomical
tool used to measure
the position of the sun
and the stars. In the
Islamic world,
astrolabes were used to
find the times of sunrise
and the rising of fixed
stars, to help schedule
morning prayers (salat).

8. Ibn Nadim gives a formidable list of the practisers of the arts:
01
Al Mizi
the time keeper of the
Friday mosque at Damascus
(died beginning of 750 A H)
had a great skill in making a
strolabes and quadrants. His
astrolabes were priced at on
e hundred dirhams a piece
while the quadrants were
sold for 50 dirhams. 02
Al-badi
an astrolabe maker of Baghdad had a remarkable inventive
genius and had introduced significant improvement in
astronomical apparatus and appliances.
03
Abu Bakr Yahya al-Biyasi
the pupil of Ibn al-Naqqash who knew cabinet making
used to design geometrical instruments for his teacher
and had prepared quite a large number of them.
04
Sheikh Allah Dad
prepared an instrument commonly used in the
indigenous colleges in India, called astarlab-i-Hu
mayuni
05
Raja Jai Singh of Amber
raised the splendid observatory of
Jantar Mantar at Delhi had invented
some instruments for himself.

9. Ibn Nadim gives a formidable list of the practisers of the arts:
an astrolabe maker of Egypt had an opportunity of visiting
the royal library which was being recatalogued by a
minister of state. He had the opportunity to see there an
astronomical globe prepared by Ptolemy which was one
in the possession of Khalid bin Yahd bin Muawiyah.
06
Ibn al-Sanbadi

10. T H A N K Y O U
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