Ulugh Beg

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Timurid prince astronomer mathematician person ruler

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.

Aliases (1)

Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay Ulugh Beg ×1

Statements (48)

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 →
deathDate	1449-10-27 →
deathPlace	Samarkand →
dynasty	Timurid dynasty →
era	15th century →
ethnicGroup	Turkic →
father	Shah Rukh →
fieldOfWork	astronomy → mathematics → trigonometry →
fullName	Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay Ulugh Beg →
influenced	early modern European astronomy → later Islamic astronomers →
influencedBy	Nasir al-Din al-Tusi → 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 →
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 →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Samarkand →	associatedWith
Timurid architecture →	developedUnderRuler
Shahrisabz →	flourishedUnder
Ulugh Beg ("Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay Ulugh Beg") →	fullName
Timur →	grandchild
Islamic astronomy →	hasKeyFigure
Timurid dynasty →	hasNotableMember
Ulugh Beg →	name
Abu Sa'id Mirza →	predecessor