Small brass Qibla compass, Ottoman Empire, 19th centuryIndicator contained in a cylindrical brass case closed by a lid, decorated with two golds and calligraphy in black ink of a starry rosette with a mihrab-shaped niche in the centre and surrounded by the cardinal points and intermediate points known as the winds qarayel, poyraz, keshishlemeh, lodoz in cursive calligraphy A Qibla compass in the Khalili Collection, London, dated 1808-09, is inscribed with the same names of the winds used to record the intermediate points (northwest, southwest, etc.) (inv. SCI275 ). A small Ottoman compass, 19th century