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title: Water Clock, Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque
author: Mustafa-trit20
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20150/water-clock-al-qarawiyyin-mosque/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 2025-03-07
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# Water Clock, Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque

_Authored by Mustafa-trit20_

## Image File

[![Water Clock, Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20150.jpeg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/20150.jpeg)

## Image Caption

This reconstruction of the 14th-century water clock from the Dar al-Muwaqqit of the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque (Fez, Morocco) is now on display at the Istanbul Museum of the History of [Science](https://www.worldhistory.org/science/) and Technology in [Islam](https://www.worldhistory.org/islam/).

*The Dar al-Muwaqqit* is a room that would have been used by the mosque's timekeeper (muwaqqit) whose job was to calculate the correct times of prayer (according to the position of the sun on the horizon) and to relay these to the muezzin who would perform the call to prayer (*adhan*) from the [minaret](https://www.worldhistory.org/Minaret/) to call the faithful to prayer.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Mustafa-trit20. (2025, March 07). Water Clock, Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20150/water-clock-al-qarawiyyin-mosque/>
### Chicago
Mustafa-trit20. "Water Clock, Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 07, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20150/water-clock-al-qarawiyyin-mosque/>.
### MLA
Mustafa-trit20. "Water Clock, Al-Qarawiyyin Mosque." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 Mar 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20150/water-clock-al-qarawiyyin-mosque/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fez_waterclock_model,_Istanbul_Museum_of_History_of_Science_and_Technology_3.jpg) by [**Mustafa-trit20**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fez_waterclock_model,_Istanbul_Museum_of_History_of_Science_and_Technology_3.jpg). Submitted by [Sikeena Karmali Ahmed](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/sikeenakarmalia/ "User Page: Sikeena Karmali Ahmed"), published on 07 March 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.