Navigation and the Qibla 1: Cardinal Directions

How did the Early Muslims calculate the Qibla direction of their mosques?

Note: there is an error concerning the dates I provided for the Sana'a manuscript (09:30). I said they had been carbon dated to 570-665 AD. Those are the dates for the Birmingham manuscript. Sorry for naming the wrong manuscript. The Sana'a manuscript's upper text is dated by Dr. Puin to the time of al-Walid, 705-715 AD.

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Видео Navigation and the Qibla 1: Cardinal Directions канала Dan Gibson