Muhammad Saleh Thattvi

Celestial Globe by Thattvi c.1663[1]

Muhammad Saleh Thattvi (also spelled Muhammad Salih Tatah-wi and Muhammad Salih Tatawi) was a 17th-century Mughal craftsman known for making seamless celestial globes and astrolabes.

Celestial globe

In 1659, Tatah-wi made a 21 cm diameter celestial globe. As no seams are visible in a photograph of it, it was likely made by the cire perdue method.[2]

References

  1. ^ "A CELESTIAL GLOBE, MADE BY MUGHAL ASTROLABIST MUHAMMAD SALIH OF THATTA, DATED 1074 AH/1663 AD". www.orientalartauctions.com. Retrieved 2024-06-18.
  2. ^ Savage-Smith, Emilie; Belloli, Andrea P. A. (1985). "Islamicate Celestial Globes: Their History, Construction, and Use". Smithsonian Studies in History and Technology (46). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press: 44, 229. doi:10.5479/si.00810258.46.1.


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