Al-Qushji

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Al-Qushji was a 15th-century Persian astronomer, mathematician, and theologian known for his influential work in observational astronomy and for challenging aspects of Aristotelian cosmology within the Islamic scientific tradition.

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instanceOf Islamic scholar ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
activityLocation Istanbul ⓘ
Samarkand ⓘ
birthDate c. 1403 ⓘ
contribution argued that astronomy could be constructed on purely mathematical and observational grounds ⓘ
developed non-Aristotelian explanations for celestial motion ⓘ
separated astronomy from Aristotelian natural philosophy ⓘ
culture Persian ⓘ
deathDate 1474 ⓘ
employer Mehmed II ⓘ
Ulugh Beg ⓘ
era 15th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Persian ⓘ
field Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
astronomy ⓘ
kalām ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
theology ⓘ
fullName ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Qūshjī ⓘ
linked to: Al-Qushji
influenced Ottoman astronomy ⓘ
later Islamic astronomers ⓘ
influencedBy Islamic astronomical tradition ⓘ
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ
knownFor challenging Aristotelian cosmology ⓘ
contributions to mathematical astronomy ⓘ
observational astronomy ⓘ
treatises on theology and logic ⓘ
work on planetary theory ⓘ
name Al-Qushji ⓘ
notableWork Risāla fī al-hayʾa ⓘ
Sharḥ al-Tajrīd (commentary on al-Tusi’s Tajrīd al-iʿtiqād) ⓘ
al-Fatḥiyya fī ʿilm al-hayʾa ⓘ
treatises on arithmetic and algebra ⓘ
occupation court astronomer ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
philosophicalStance critic of Aristotelian physics ⓘ
supporter of empirical methods in astronomy ⓘ
region Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Timurid Empire ⓘ
linked to: Timurid dynasty
religion Islam ⓘ
teacherOf students in Ottoman madrasas ⓘ
tradition Islamic astronomy ⓘ
workedAt Samarkand observatory ⓘ
madrasas in Istanbul ⓘ

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Islamic astronomy → hasKeyFigure → Al-Qushji ⓘ
Ulugh Beg → teacherOf → Ali Qushji ⓘ
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Ulugh Beg's Zij-i Sultani → editorOrCollaborator → Ali Qushji ⓘ
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Ulugh Beg Observatory → operator → Ali Qushji ⓘ
subject linked to: Ulugh Beg observatory
linked to: Al-Qushji
Al-Qushji → name → Al-Qushji ⓘ
Al-Qushji → fullName → ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Qūshjī ⓘ
linked to: Al-Qushji
Qadi Zada al-Rumi → influenced → Ali Qushji ⓘ
linked to: Al-Qushji
Qadi Zada al-Rumi → taught → Ali Qushji ⓘ
linked to: Al-Qushji