Ulugh Beg was responsible for the building of a major observatory in Samarkand. https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Ulugh_Beg His primary interest was in the sciences and intellectual matters. Statue of Ulugh Beg (1393-1449) - the father of scientific learning, and Scholars, at the Ulugh Beg Madrassa in Samarkand (Samarqand), Uzbekistan. It was considered by scholars to have been one of the finest observatories in the Islamic world at the time and the largest in Central Asia. ... Barlas chief had to be from Borjigins and Taraghay was a Borjigin that too from the white bones i.e Changez's direct descent. Together with other monuments, it forms the monumental ensemble of Registan, the old heart of the city. Mother Found Still Cradling Baby After 4800 Years As an archaeologist and mother, I have often felt called to unearth the remains, artifacts and life stories of those often overlooked in the archaeological record- women and children. A grandson of Tamerlane, Ulug Beg was-declared ruler of Samarkand in 1409. Ulugh Beg was a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician. 22, 1394; died Oct. 27, 1449. [47] The succession struggle among Shah Rukh's family continued for several years, initially between Ulugh Beg and Ala al-Dawla, in which the former emerged victorious. This gentleman, aka Ulugh Beg, the Sultan of the vast Timurid empire in the late 14th and 15th centuries is almost a forgotten figure in histo JavaScript disabled JavaScript is disabled in your browser. Ulugh Begh is the Tremere Pontifex of the Balkans, serving under Etrius. Descendants of Sharukh, including his son Taraghay Ulugh Beg also managed to secure themselves the title of the great ruler of the Timurid line. Muhammad, Prophet of Islam and proclaimer of the Qur’an. Rumors tell that he founded the Children of the Pyramid, was part of leading circle of the Elite and a member of the Order of Quaesitori. Photographed on 15 October 2006. He built an observatory at Samarkand. (also Ulugh Beg; real name, Muhammad Taragay). Born Mar. In his observations he discovered a number of errors in the computations of the 2nd-century Alexandrian astronomer Ptolemy. He built the great Ulugh Beg Observatory in Samarkand between 1424 and 1429. Uzbek astronomer and mathematician. Tamerlane’s empire-building tendencies impacted strongly on Ulugh Beg’s youth. Samarkand was captured and given to Ulugh Beg by his father Shah Rukh. When Ulugh Beg captured the city the following year, he ordered his father's body to be exhumed before reburying it with Timur's in the Gur-e-Amir in Samarqand. After the death of his father, Shah Rokh, in 1447, he became head of the Timurid dynasty. While still a youth, Ulug Beg became interested in science. The Ulugh Beg Madrasa (Uzbek: Ulugʻbek madrasasi) is a madrasa (Islamic school) in the historic center of Samarkand, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Uzbekistan. Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay bin Shāhrukh (Chagatai: میرزا محمد طارق بن شاہ رخ, Persie: میرزا محمد تراغای بن شاہ رخ ‎), better kent as Ulugh Beg (الغ‌ بیگ ‬) (Mairch 22, 1394 in Sultaniyeh, Persie – October 27, 1449, Samarkand), wis a Timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician an sultan. 1 Biography 1.1 Version Differences 2 Trivia 3 Gallery 4 References Little is known about Ulugh Begh, not even his true name. With his father, Shah Rukh, he spent many years exploring his grandfather’s conquests in the Middle East and India.
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