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Overview
A Persian brass astrolabe dated 1715; one of the last signed astrolabes in the Safavid tradition. In the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. 1
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Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum Collection API
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islam.museum contributors. “Persian Astrolabe, 1715”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/object/usturlab-farsi-1715/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.