Ulugh Beg (1394-1449)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4070. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Astronomer, born in Soltaniyeh, Timurid, Persia (now Iran), the grandson of the Asian conqueror Tamerlane, and under his father's patronage built a large observatory in the city of Samarkand, directed by Ali-Kudschi, with Al'Kashi and Kadizada amongst the staff. The observatory was well equipped with large instruments that revealed errors in Ptolemy's data. Ulugh Beg and the staff observed the po...

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