Ulugh Beg

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Ulugh Beg was a 15th-century Timurid ruler, astronomer, and mathematician renowned for building a major observatory in Samarkand and producing highly accurate astronomical tables.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Timurid prince ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
person ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
birthDate 1394-03-22 ⓘ
birthPlace Sultaniyeh ⓘ
built Samarkand observatory ⓘ
Ulugh Beg Observatory ⓘ
causeOfDeath assassination ⓘ
child Abd al-Latif ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Timurid Empire ⓘ
linked to: Timurid dynasty
deathDate 1449-10-27 ⓘ
deathPlace Samarkand ⓘ
dynasty Timurid dynasty ⓘ
era 15th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Turkic ⓘ
father Shah Rukh ⓘ
linked to: Shahrukh Mirza
fieldOfWork astronomy ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
trigonometry ⓘ
fullName Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay Ulugh Beg ⓘ
linked to: Ulugh Beg
influenced early modern European astronomy ⓘ
later Islamic astronomers ⓘ
influencedBy Nasir al-Din al-Tusi ⓘ
Ptolemy ⓘ
linked to: Claudius Ptolemaeus
knownFor building the Samarkand observatory ⓘ
highly accurate star catalog ⓘ
precise measurement of the length of the sidereal year ⓘ
precise measurement of the obliquity of the ecliptic ⓘ
mannerOfDeath executed on orders of his son ⓘ
mother Gawhar Shad ⓘ
name Ulugh Beg ⓘ
notableWork Ulugh Beg astronomical tables ⓘ
Zīj-i Sultānī ⓘ
numberOfStarsCataloged about 1018 ⓘ
occupation astronomer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
positionHeld Timurid sultan ⓘ
governor of Samarkand ⓘ
reignEnd 1449 ⓘ
reignStart 1447 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
residence Samarkand ⓘ
spouse Agha Begi Agha ⓘ
studentOf Qadi Zada al-Rumi ⓘ
teacherOf Ali Qushji ⓘ
linked to: Al-Qushji

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Islamic astronomy → hasKeyFigure → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Timur → grandchild → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Samarkand → associatedWith → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Shahrisabz → flourishedUnder → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Ulugh Beg → name → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Ulugh Beg → fullName → Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay Ulugh Beg ⓘ
linked to: Ulugh Beg
Abu Sa'id Mirza → predecessor → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Ulugh Beg's Zij-i Sultani → dedicatedTo → Ulugh Beg as sultan ⓘ
linked to: Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg Observatory → founder → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
subject linked to: Ulugh Beg observatory
Ulugh Beg Observatory → namedAfter → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
subject linked to: Ulugh Beg observatory
Ulugh Beg Observatory → operator → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
subject linked to: Ulugh Beg observatory
Gur-e-Amir → burialPlaceOf → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Al-Qushji → employer → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Kas → associatedWithPerson → Ulugh Beg (through Timurid patronage) ⓘ
linked to: Ulugh Beg
Zīj-i Sultānī → compiledBy → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Zīj-i Sultānī → supervisedBy → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Qadi Zada al-Rumi → advisorTo → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Agha Begi Agha → spouseOf → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Agha Begi Agha → consortOf → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Abd al-Latif → father → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Abd al-Latif → predecessor → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Kok Gumbaz Mosque → builtBy → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Kok Gumbaz Mosque → patron → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Jamshid al-Kashi → employer → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Abd al-Latif Mirza → father → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
House of Timur → notableMember → Ulugh Beg ⓘ
Baysunghur Mirza → relative → Ulugh Beg ⓘ