Al-Jazari, Mechanical device for pouring a drink 1354 (detail)

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Al-Jazari, Mechanical device for pouring a drink 1354 (detail)

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Al-Jazari, Mechanical device for pouring a drink 1354 (detail)

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Mechanical device illustration from Al-Jazari (1354 manuscript)

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Syria or Egypt, early 14th century Manuscripts Ink and opaque watercolor on paper The Nasli M. Heeramaneck Collection, gift of Joan Palevsky (M.73.5.572) Islamic Art

Al-Jazari Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication Wikimedia Commons This leaf from a 1315 Syrian copy of Ibn al-Razzāz al-Jazarī’s The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices, written in 1206, depicts a peacock basin automaton for ritual hand washing.…

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Miniature painting: cup-shaped automaton, Egypt or Syria: North Africa, 715 AH/1315 AD. Work on paper. Sheet dimensions: 12 1/2 × 8 5/8 in. (31.75 × 21.91 cm). The Keir Collection of Islamic Art on loan…

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Mechanical male servant, probably Amid, modern-day Diyarbakır, Turkey, 1206 (Ms. Ahmet III 3472, fol. 121v)

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Clock_of_al_Jazari

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Exhibit in the Aga Khan Museum – Toronto, Canada. This work is old enough so that it is in the public domain. Photography was permitted in the museum without restriction.

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Illustration from Al-Jazari’s Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices

Al-Jazari Public domain Wikimedia Commons Diagram from book by Al-Jazari, 7th century AH (13th century AD) in the Süleymaniye Library, Istanbul.