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a correct mathematical procedure for a particular locality depends on the accuracy of the available geographic data. In Cairo, for example, the modern qibla is some 8° south of the qibla of the medieval astronomers, because they relied on a value for the longitude difference which was too small by 3°. (King 1996, p.153)
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Theorem of Menelaos (King 1986, p. 83) Of course, the accuracy (judged by modern criteria) of a value of the qibla computed by
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