Sundials

The first sundial

It is a solar clock located on the south-western pole of the Dome of the Rock that was used in the old times to determine the start time of the Asr prayer, as the modern hours were not common yet.

Built
1224 AH / 1809 CE
Built by
Mohammed Taher Abu su’ood
Era
Ottoman

The sundial is one of the accurate clocks that depend on the constant sun motion in time calculation.