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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ulugh Beg canonical | 30 |
| Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay Ulugh Beg | 1 |
| Ulugh Beg (through Timurid patronage) | 1 |
| Ulugh Beg as sultan | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Timurid prince
ⓘ
astronomer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ person ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1394-03-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Sultaniyeh ⓘ |
| built |
Ulugh Beg observatory
ⓘ
surface form:
Samarkand observatory
Ulugh Beg observatory ⓘ
surface form:
Ulugh Beg Observatory
|
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| child | Abd al-Latif ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Timurid dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Timurid Empire
|
| deathDate | 1449-10-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Samarkand ⓘ |
| dynasty | Timurid dynasty ⓘ |
| era | 15th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Turkic ⓘ |
| father |
Shahrukh Mirza
ⓘ
surface form:
Shah Rukh
|
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ trigonometry ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ulugh Beg
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay Ulugh Beg
|
| influenced |
early modern European astronomy
ⓘ
later Islamic astronomers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
ⓘ
Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemy
|
| 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 self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ulugh Beg's Zij-i Sultani
ⓘ
surface form:
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 |
Al-Qushji
ⓘ
surface form:
Ali Qushji
|
Referenced by (33)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay Ulugh Beg
this entity surface form:
Ulugh Beg as sultan
subject surface form:
Ulugh Beg Observatory
subject surface form:
Ulugh Beg Observatory
subject surface form:
Ulugh Beg Observatory
this entity surface form:
Ulugh Beg (through Timurid patronage)