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800 year old four-dial combination lock with over 4.2 billion possible combos made by an Iranian astrolabe maker named Muhammad ibn Hamid al- Asturlabi.

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800 year old four-dial combination lock with over 4.2 billion possible combos made by an Iranian astrolabe maker named Muhammad ibn Hamid al- Asturlabi.

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800 years ago, someone built a lockbox with 4 billion possible combinations. Seljuk box, Iran, c.1200 AD .

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800 years ago, someone built a lockbox with 4 billion possible combinations. Seljuk box, Iran, c.1200 AD .

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Brass planispheric astrolabe with 24 turquoise stones, made by Muhammad Mahdi ibn Muhammad Amin al-Yazdi. Isfahan, Iran, 1659-1660 AD

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Brass planispheric astrolabe with 24 turquoise stones, made by Muhammad Mahdi ibn Muhammad Amin al-Yazdi. Isfahan, Iran, 1659-1660 AD

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Brass plate with spinning dials for divination, made by Muhammad ibn Khutlukh al-Mawsili. Syria, 1242 AD

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Brass plate with spinning dials for divination, made by Muhammad ibn Khutlukh al-Mawsili. Syria, 1242 AD

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A Safavid illuminated colophon from the Firdawsi's "Shahnama" with poetry and illumination in the margins. Made by Muhammad al-Qiwam al-Shirazi and Taj al-Din Haydar al-Shirazi in Shiraz, Iran. 1562–1583 CE, now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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A Safavid illuminated colophon from the Firdawsi's "Shahnama" with poetry and illumination in the margins. Made by Muhammad al-Qiwam al-Shirazi and Taj al-Din Haydar al-Shirazi in Shiraz, Iran. 1562–1583 CE, now housed at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston

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A large brass astrolabe commissioned for the Mughal nobleman Aqa Afzal, and made by Qaim Muhammad and Muhammad Muqim in 1612 CE. Sold at Sotheby's last week

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A large brass astrolabe commissioned for the Mughal nobleman Aqa Afzal, and made by Qaim Muhammad and Muhammad Muqim in 1612 CE. Sold at Sotheby's last week

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