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It was considered by scholars to have been one of the finest observatories in the Islamic world at the time and the largest in Central Asia. [1] Ulugh Beg was subsequently recognized as the most important observational astronomer from the 15th century by many scholars. [6]
The Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in modern day Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which was built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg. This school of astronomy was constructed under the Timurid Empire, and was the last of its kind from the Islamic Medieval period [1].
The Ulugh Beg Madrasa (Uzbek: Ulugʻbek madrasasi) is a madrasa (Islamic school) in the historic center of Samarkand, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Uzbekistan. [1] Together with other monuments, it forms the monumental ensemble of Registan, the old heart of the city. [2]
Ulūgh Beg (born 1394, Solṭānīyeh, Timurid Iran—died Oct. 27, 1449, Samarkand, Timurid empire [now in Uzbekistan]) was the grandson of the Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) and one whose primary interest was in the arts and intellectual matters.
Oct 27, 2011 · Ulugh Beg was the grandson of the conqueror Tamerlane and was a mathematician and astronomer. He founded an important centre for study at Samarkand staffed with the best scientists of the time. He did important early work on trigonometry.
Apr 18, 2024 · Located in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, the Ulugh Beg Observatory was built in 1420s by astronomer Ulugh Beg. The ancient Islamic observatory was the site of the world’s most advanced...
May 29, 2018 · Ulugh Beg, which means “great prince,” was a title that replaced his original name, Muhammad Taragay. He was raised at the court of his grandfather, Tamerlane, and from 1409 was the ruler of Maverannakhr, the chief city of which was Samarkand. In contrast with his grandfather, Ulugh Beg was not interested in conquest but gained fame as a scientist.
Jun 14, 2010 · Located near the city of Samarkand in present-day Uzbekistan, Ulugh Beg Observatory was built in the 1420s by the Timurid ruler Ulugh Beg, grandson of emperor Timur the Lame (Tamerlane). Known...
Born into noble Timurid lineage, Ulugh Beg gained fame for his intellect and pioneering strides in astronomy and mathematics.
According to the Bāburnāma of Ẓahīr-ad-Dīn Muḥammad Bābur (1483-1530), founder of the Mughal Empire and a great-great-great-grandson of Timūr, the observatory was three stories high. The site of the Samarakand Observatory was discovered in 1908 by Vasiliy Lavrentievič Vyatkin (1869-1932).
