Zīj-i Sultānī
E337412
Zīj-i Sultānī is a 15th-century astronomical star catalogue and set of tables compiled under the direction of Ulugh Beg, renowned for its exceptional observational accuracy in the Islamic Golden Age.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Zij-i Jadid-i Sultani | 1 |
| Zij-i Sultani star catalogue | 1 |
| Zīj-i Sultānī canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3227488 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zīj-i Sultānī Context triple: [Ulugh Beg, notableWork, Zīj-i Sultānī]
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A.
Dabir-ul-Mulk
Dabir-ul-Mulk was an honorific court title in Mughal India denoting a high-ranking official or courtier, historically associated with distinguished figures such as the poet Mirza Ghalib.
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B.
Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi is a celebrated collection of mystical lyric poetry by the Persian Sufi poet Rumi, inspired by his spiritual relationship with his mentor Shams-e Tabrizi.
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C.
Baburnama
Baburnama is the autobiographical memoir of the Mughal emperor Babur, renowned as one of the earliest and most vivid works of prose in Chagatai Turkish and a key historical source on Central and South Asia in the early 16th century.
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D.
Kulliyat-e-Mir
Kulliyat-e-Mir is the collected volume of Urdu poetry by the classical poet Mir Taqi Mir, showcasing his influential ghazals and other verse that helped shape early Urdu literature.
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E.
Kitab al-Mansuri
Kitab al-Mansuri is a seminal 10th-century medical compendium by the Persian physician al-Razi, widely studied in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Zīj-i Sultānī Target entity description: Zīj-i Sultānī is a 15th-century astronomical star catalogue and set of tables compiled under the direction of Ulugh Beg, renowned for its exceptional observational accuracy in the Islamic Golden Age.
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A.
Dabir-ul-Mulk
Dabir-ul-Mulk was an honorific court title in Mughal India denoting a high-ranking official or courtier, historically associated with distinguished figures such as the poet Mirza Ghalib.
-
B.
Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi
Diwan-e Shams-e Tabrizi is a celebrated collection of mystical lyric poetry by the Persian Sufi poet Rumi, inspired by his spiritual relationship with his mentor Shams-e Tabrizi.
-
C.
Baburnama
Baburnama is the autobiographical memoir of the Mughal emperor Babur, renowned as one of the earliest and most vivid works of prose in Chagatai Turkish and a key historical source on Central and South Asia in the early 16th century.
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D.
Kulliyat-e-Mir
Kulliyat-e-Mir is the collected volume of Urdu poetry by the classical poet Mir Taqi Mir, showcasing his influential ghazals and other verse that helped shape early Urdu literature.
-
E.
Kitab al-Mansuri
Kitab al-Mansuri is a seminal 10th-century medical compendium by the Persian physician al-Razi, widely studied in both the Islamic world and medieval Europe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Islamic astronomical work
ⓘ
astronomical star catalogue ⓘ astronomical table ⓘ zīj ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Ulugh Beg Observatory
ⓘ
linked to:
Ulugh Beg observatory
|
| basedOn |
Ptolemaic tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Hellenistic astronomy
new observations ⓘ |
| comparedTo | Almagest ⓘ |
| compiledBy | Ulugh Beg ⓘ |
| compiledUnderDirectionOf | Ulugh Beg ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1437 ⓘ |
| contains |
calendar tables
ⓘ
planetary tables ⓘ star catalogue ⓘ tables of eclipses ⓘ trigonometric tables ⓘ |
| corrected | Ptolemy’s star positions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Timurid Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Timurid dynasty
|
| dateOfWork | 15th century ⓘ |
| epochOfCoordinates | 15th century ⓘ |
| era |
Islamic Golden Age (late phase)
ⓘ
linked to:
Islamic Golden Age
|
| field | astronomy ⓘ |
| genre | scientific treatise ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialTeam |
Samarkand astronomers
ⓘ
linked to:
Ulugh Beg observatory
|
| historicalPeriod | Timurid Renaissance ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern European astronomy
ⓘ
later Islamic astronomers ⓘ |
| language |
Arabic
ⓘ
Persian ⓘ |
| mainCompilationPeriod | c. 1420–1437 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
high observational accuracy
ⓘ
precise stellar positions ⓘ refined planetary parameters ⓘ |
| numberOfStarsCatalogued | about 994 ⓘ |
| observationsConductedAt | Samarkand ⓘ |
| partOf | Islamic astronomy ⓘ |
| placeOfCompilation | Samarkand ⓘ |
| subfield |
astrometry
ⓘ
celestial mechanics ⓘ mathematical astronomy ⓘ |
| supervisedBy | Ulugh Beg ⓘ |
| titleMeaning | Sultan’s astronomical tables ⓘ |
| usedFor |
astrological calculations
ⓘ
calendar regulation ⓘ navigation ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ |
| uses | geocentric model ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Zīj-i Sultānī Description of subject: Zīj-i Sultānī is a 15th-century astronomical star catalogue and set of tables compiled under the direction of Ulugh Beg, renowned for its exceptional observational accuracy in the Islamic Golden Age.
Referenced by (3)
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