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 Al-Qushji self-linksurface differs
surface form: ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Qūshjī
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 self-link
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 dynasty
surface form: Timurid Empire
religion Islam
teacherOf students in Ottoman madrasas
tradition Islamic astronomy
workedAt Ulugh Beg observatory
surface form: Samarkand observatory

madrasas in Istanbul

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Islamic astronomy hasKeyFigure Al-Qushji
Ulugh Beg teacherOf Al-Qushji
this entity surface form: Ali Qushji
Ulugh Beg's Zij-i Sultani editorOrCollaborator Al-Qushji
this entity surface form: Ali Qushji
Ulugh Beg observatory operator Al-Qushji
subject surface form: Ulugh Beg Observatory
this entity surface form: Ali Qushji
Al-Qushji name Al-Qushji self-link
Al-Qushji fullName Al-Qushji self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Qūshjī
Qadi Zada al-Rumi influenced Al-Qushji
this entity surface form: Ali Qushji
Qadi Zada al-Rumi taught Al-Qushji
this entity surface form: Ali Qushji