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Cairo

Book of Optics (Kitab al-Manazir) — Ibn al-Haytham

Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) 1572

Baghdad

Qur’an of Ibn al-Bawwab — Facing Folios

Ibn al-Bawwab 1001

Diyarbakır (Amid)

The Elephant Clock — al-Jazari’s Book of Ingenious Devices

Ismail al-Jazari 1315

Palermo

Tabula Rogeriana — al-Idrisi’s World Map

Muhammad al-Idrisi 1154