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  1. Prolégomènes Des Tables Astronimiques D'oloug-Beg, Volume 2 (French Edition) by Ulugh Beg, 2010-02-10
  2. Astronomie Orientale (French Edition) by Ulugh Beg, L-A Sédillot, 2010-03-05
  3. Timourides: Bâbur, Tamerlan, Ulugh Beg, Goharshad, Massacre D'ispahan, Shah Rukh, Omar Cheikh Ii, Renaissance Timouride (French Edition)
  4. 1390s Births: Ulugh Beg, William Waynflete, Barbara of Cilli, Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg, William Douglas, 2nd Earl of Angus
  5. Astronomers by Era: Ancient Astronomers, Medieval Astronomers, Alhazen, Ulugh Beg, Khalid Ben Abdulmelik, Ali Ibn Isa, Shen Kuo
  6. Ulugh Beg's catalogue of stars, rev. from all Persian manuscripts existing in Great Britain, with a vocabulary of Persian and Arabic words
  7. 15th-Century Mathematicians: Luca Pacioli, Ulugh Beg, Regiomontanus, Georg Von Peuerbach, Madhava of Sangamagrama, Nicholas of Kues
  8. Ulugh Beg's catalogue of stars, rev. from all Persian manuscripts existing in Great Britain, with a vocabulary of Persian and Arabic words by 1394-1449 Ulugh Beg, E B. b. 1841 Knobel, 2010-09-04
  9. Ulugh Beg's Catalogue of Stars by Edward Ball Knobel, 1917
  10. Timurid Monarchs: Aurangzeb, Humayun, Jahangir, Ulugh Beg, Akbar the Great, Timur, Husayn Bayqarah, Abu Sa'id, Tuzk-E-Jahangiri, Khalil Sultan
  11. [TIMOURIDES]Timourides by Groupe, Livres(Author)paperback{Timourides: B[bur, Tamerlan, Ulugh Beg, Goharshad, Massacre D'Ispahan, Shah Rukh, Omar Cheikh II, Renaissance Timouride}08 08-2010
  12. Meteor Storm Watch: Will the Leonids Dazzle? / A Mystery on the Sun / The Puzzling X-ray Background / Ulugh Beg's 15th-Century School for Astronomy / Could Comet "Hale-Bopp" Become the Next Great Comet? (Sky & Telescope, Volume 90, Number 5, November 1995)
  13. Timuride: Tamerlan, Babur, Ulugh Beg, Schah Ruch, Miran Schah (German Edition)
  14. Ulugh Beg's catalogue of stars: Rev. from all Persian manuscripts existing in Great Britain, with a vocabulary of Persian and Arabic words by Ulugh Beg, 1917-01-01

1. Ulugh Beg, 1393-1449 C.E.
ulugh beg published a new catalogue of stars. He found many errors in Ptolemy's work. ulugh beg was the ruler of Turkestan and a grandson of Tamerlane. He was an exceptional astronomer and MOHAMMED TARGAI ulugh beg. ( 1393 1449 C.E.)
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MOHAMMED TARGAI ULUGH BEG (1393 - 1449 C.E.) by
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2. Ulugh Beg And His Observatory
The web page on ulugh beg and the Samarkand Observatory has been movedto Silk Road Seattle and may be found by clicking here. If
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The web page on Ulugh Beg and the Samarkand Observatory has been moved to Silk Road Seattle and may be found by clicking here . If you have saved the former URL in your browser, replace it with the new one. October 16, 2002

3. Ulugh-Beg
both OO'lOOg beg Pronunciation Key. UlughBeg or Ulug-Beg , 13941449 Ulugh-Beg. ulugh beg (1394-1449) ( The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History)
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4. Ulugh Beg --  Encyclopædia Britannica
ulugh beg Encyclopædia Britannica Article. His father, Shah Rokh, captured the cityof Samarkand and gave it to ulugh beg, who made it a centre of Muslim….
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5. Samarkand: Ulugh Beg's Observatory
ulugh beg was the oldest son of Shahrukh, born in the city of Sultaniyah during his grandfather Timur's It is likely that ulugh beg was one of the princes seen
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Ulugh Beg and His Observatory

Ulugh Beg was the oldest son of Shahrukh, born in the city of Sultaniyah during his grandfather Timur's (Tamerlane's) campaign in northern Iran in 1394. At age 4 he accompanied his grandfather as far as Kabul, on the campaign that went on to take Delhi; almost immediately after the Indian campaign, he joined Tamerlane's campaign to the west which resulted in the defeat of the Ottoman ruler Bayezid I at Ankara in 1402. As Tamerlane was preparing to invade China, he celebrated the marriages of several of his grandsons, among them Ulughbeg (then age 10), who also was designated to rule over a significant portion of Moghulistan (the region encompassing part of the Tien Shan Mountains and NW Xinjiang), which, of course, was yet to be conquered. It is likely that Ulugh Beg was one of the princes seen by the Spanish ambassador Clavijo when he visited Tamerlane's court in 1403-1404.
Tamerlane's death in early 1405 not only cancelled the invasion of China but ushered in a period of civil strife in which the young Ulugh Beg took an active part. When his father, Shahrukh, finally managed to regain control over Transoxiana, he appointed Ulugh Beg as the regent there. The latter assumed his full responsibilities in 1411, although he continued to be subordinate to his father, who ruled the empire from Herat. At Shahrukh's death in 1447, Ulugh Beg succeeded him, but survived only two years as an independent ruler before being overthrown and beheaded in 1449.

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7. Ulugh_Beg
ulugh beg. Born Shortly after his grandson ulugh beg was born, Timurinvaded India and by 1399 he had taken control of Delhi. Timur
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Ulugh Beg
Born: 1393 in Soltaniyeh, Timurid, Persia (now Iran)
Died: 27 Oct 1449 in Samarkand, Timurid empire
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Ulugh Beg was the grandson of the conqueror Timur, who is often known as Tamerlane (from Timur-I-Leng meaning Timur the Lame, a title of contempt used by his Persian enemies). Although in this archive we are primarily interested in Ulugh Beg's achievements in mathematics and astronomy, we need to examine the history of the area since it had such a major impact on Ulugh Beg's life. Timur, Ulugh Beg's grandfather, came from the Turkic Barlas tribe which was a Mongol tribe that was living in Transoxania, today essentially Uzbekistan. He united several Turko-Mongol tribes under his leadership and set out on a conquest, with his armies of mounted archers, of the area now occupied by Iran, Iraq, and eastern Turkey. Shortly after his grandson Ulugh Beg was born, Timur invaded India and by 1399 he had taken control of Delhi. Timur continued his conquests by extending his empire to the west from 1399 to 1402, winning victories over the Egyptian Mamluks in Syria and the Ottomans in a battle near Ankara. Timur died in 1405 leading his armies into China. After Timur's death his empire was disputed among his sons. Ulugh Beg's father Shah Rukh was the fourth son of Timur and, by 1407, he had gained overall control of most of the empire, including Iran and Turkistan regaining control of Samarkand. Samarkand had been the capital of Timur's empire but, although his grandson Ulugh Beg had been brought up at Timur's court, he was seldom in that city. When Timur was not on one of his military campaigns he moved with his army from place to place and his court, including his grandson Ulugh Beg, travelled with him.

8. References For Ulugh_Beg
References for ulugh beg. Biography in 1819). TN KaryNijazov, The UlughBeg school of astronomy (Russian) (Tashkent, 1967). Articles
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References for Ulugh Beg
  • Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990).
  • Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Books:
  • J B J Delambre, (Paris, 1819).
  • T N Kary-Nijazov, The Ulugh Beg school of astronomy (Russian) (Tashkent, 1967). Articles:
  • M Bagheri, A newly found letter of al-Kashi on scientific life in Samarkand, Historia Math.
  • M S Bulatov, Ulugh Beg's observatory in Samarkand (Russian), Istor.-Astronom. Issled.
  • H Hobden, Ulugh Beg and his Observatory in Samarkand, Astronomy Now
  • T N Kary-Nijazov, Ulugh Beg and Subah Jai Singh (Russian), in 1966 Phys. Math. Sci. in the East 'Nauka' (Moscow, 1966), 247-255.
  • V Lutsky, Ulugh Beigh's ancient star atlas, Astromony and Space
  • M Shevchenko, An analysis of errors in the star catalogues of Ptolemy and Ulugh Beg, J. Hist. Astronom.
  • A U Usmanov, A short survey of the history of the development of astronomy in the medieval East up to the age of Ulugh Beg (Russian), Questions on the history of mathematics and astronomy I, Trudy Samarkand. Gos. Univ. (N.S.) Vyp.
  • 9. Ulugh_Beg
    Biography of ulugh beg (13931449) ulugh beg. Born 1393 in Soltaniyeh, Timurid, Persia (now Iran) ulugh beg was the grandson of the conqueror Timur, who is often known as Tamerlane (from Timur-I-Leng
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    Ulugh Beg
    Born: 1393 in Soltaniyeh, Timurid, Persia (now Iran)
    Died: 27 Oct 1449 in Samarkand, Timurid empire
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    to see three larger pictures Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index
    Ulugh Beg was the grandson of the conqueror Timur, who is often known as Tamerlane (from Timur-I-Leng meaning Timur the Lame, a title of contempt used by his Persian enemies). Although in this archive we are primarily interested in Ulugh Beg's achievements in mathematics and astronomy, we need to examine the history of the area since it had such a major impact on Ulugh Beg's life. Timur, Ulugh Beg's grandfather, came from the Turkic Barlas tribe which was a Mongol tribe that was living in Transoxania, today essentially Uzbekistan. He united several Turko-Mongol tribes under his leadership and set out on a conquest, with his armies of mounted archers, of the area now occupied by Iran, Iraq, and eastern Turkey. Shortly after his grandson Ulugh Beg was born, Timur invaded India and by 1399 he had taken control of Delhi. Timur continued his conquests by extending his empire to the west from 1399 to 1402, winning victories over the Egyptian Mamluks in Syria and the Ottomans in a battle near Ankara. Timur died in 1405 leading his armies into China. After Timur's death his empire was disputed among his sons. Ulugh Beg's father Shah Rukh was the fourth son of Timur and, by 1407, he had gained overall control of most of the empire, including Iran and Turkistan regaining control of Samarkand. Samarkand had been the capital of Timur's empire but, although his grandson Ulugh Beg had been brought up at Timur's court, he was seldom in that city. When Timur was not on one of his military campaigns he moved with his army from place to place and his court, including his grandson Ulugh Beg, travelled with him.

    10. A Timurid Chronology
    Timur s grandson ulugh beg governor of Samarkand, and in last two years ruler ofTimurid empire. 1414. Building of ulugh beg s medrese on Registan in Samarkand.
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    A Timurid Chronology
    Date Event Death of founder of Yasawi Sufi order, Ahmad Yasawi. His followers very important in spread of Islam into Inner Asia. Under Tamerlane, major complex of buildings erected around his tomb. Life of founder of Naqshbandi Sufi order, Baha ad-Din Naqshband, who lived most of his life near Bukhara and was buried nearby. 1320s or 1330s Birth of Timur into Barlas tribe near Kesh (Shahr-i Sabs) Split of Chagatay's portion of Mongol Empire into two sections: Ulus Chagatay (mainly in Transoxiana; mixed nomadic and sedentary population, but region more heavily urbanized and islamicized), and Moghulistan (mainly in Ili R., Issyk Kul and NW Tarim; controlled in first instance by pastoral nomads more closely tied to pre-Muslim cultural traditions). Rule of Chagatayid Tughluk Timur in Moghulistan, with support of local Dughlat clan. Later tradition attributes his conversion to Islam to followers of Baha ad-Din Naqshband. ca. 1360 Tughluk Timur installs Timur (the future Tamerlane) as head of Barlas tribe at Shahr-i Sabs. 1361-mid-1380s Major expansion of Shah-i Zinda tomb complex in Samarkand, including burials connected with family of Timur.

    11. Search Results For Beg - Encyclopædia Britannica
    ulugh beg grandson of the Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) and onewhose primary interest was in the arts and intellectual matters.
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    12. The Legacy Of Ulugh Beg
    The Legacy of ulugh beg, article by Kevin Krisciunas, with notes and bibliography Muhammed Taragai ulugh beg (13941449) was a Turk who ruled the province of Transoxiana (Maverannahr of which
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    The Legacy of Ulugh Beg
    Kevin Krisciunas[1] Muhammed Taragai Ulugh Beg (1394-1449) was a Turk who ruled the province of Transoxiana (Maverannahr), a region situated between the River Oxus (Amu Darya) and the River Jaxartes (Syr Darya), the principal city of which was Samarkand. Ulugh Beg's grandfather was the famous conqueror Timur (1336-1405). Ulugh Beg became the ruler of Transoxiana in 1447 upon the death of his father. But his rule was of short duration. Two years later he was killed by an assassin hired by his son 'Abd al Latif. A principal source of our information about the astronomical activity at Samarkand is a letter of one Ghiyath al-Din Jamshid al-Kashi (d. 1429), which is available in Turkish and English (see Sayili 1960). This letter, originally in Persian, was written in 1421 or 1422. From it we deduce that serious astronomical activity began in Samarkand in 1408-10, and that the construction of Ulugh Beg's observatory was begun in 1420. Amongthe astronomers known to have been active at Samarkand, we know only a few by name, but according to al-Kashi there were sixty or seventy scholars at the madrasa who were well enough versed in mathematics to participate in some capacity in the astronomical observations and/or seminars. The observations were carried out systematically from 1420 to 1437. While observatories today are expected to carry on indefinitely, this was not the case in olden times. Rather, observations were carried out, for example, to update tables of planetary motions in order to predict their future positions. al-Kashi tells us (see Sayili 1960, p.106):

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    14. Ulugh-Beg
    ulugh beg (13941449) (The Hutchinson Dictionary of World History). ¿Cuál ha sidoel viaje más interesante que ha hecho en su vida?(celebridades)(TT Which
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    15. Ulugh Beg - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
    ulugh beg. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. ulugh beg (1394October27, 1449) was a Timurid astronomer, mathematician and sultan.
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    Ulugh Beg
    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
    Ulugh Beg October 27 ) was a Timurid astronomer mathematician and sultan . His name also appears as bey in Turkish means "chieftain"), Ulugh Bek and Ulug Bek The grandson of the conqueror Timur the Lame ( ) and the oldest son of Shah Rukh , both of whom came from the Turkic Barlas tribe of Transoxiana (present Uzbekistan ), Ulugh Beg was born in Sultaniyya in modern-day Iran . As a child he wandered through a substantial chunk of the Middle East and India as his grandfather expanded his conquests in those areas. With Timur's death, however, and the accession of Ulugh's father to much of the Timurid Empire , he settled in Samarkand which had been Timur's capital. After Shah Rukh moved the capital to Herat (in modern Afghanistan ), sixteen year-old Ulugh Beg became the shah's governor in Samarkand in . In he became a sovereign of the whole Mavarannhar khanate The teenaged ruler set out to turn the city into an intellectual center for the empire. In he built a madrasa ("university" or "institute") on Rigestan Square in Samarkand, and invited numerous Islamic astronomers and mathematicians to study there. Ulugh Beg's most famous pupil in

    16. The Legacy Of Ulugh Beg
    The Legacy of ulugh beg, article by Kevin Krisciunas, with notes and bibliography.The Legacy of ulugh beg. EDITIONS CONTAINING ALL OR PART OF ulugh beg S ZIJ.
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    The Legacy of Ulugh Beg
    Kevin Krisciunas[1] Muhammed Taragai Ulugh Beg (1394-1449) was a Turk who ruled the province of Transoxiana (Maverannahr), a region situated between the River Oxus (Amu Darya) and the River Jaxartes (Syr Darya), the principal city of which was Samarkand. Ulugh Beg's grandfather was the famous conqueror Timur (1336-1405). Ulugh Beg became the ruler of Transoxiana in 1447 upon the death of his father. But his rule was of short duration. Two years later he was killed by an assassin hired by his son 'Abd al Latif. A principal source of our information about the astronomical activity at Samarkand is a letter of one Ghiyath al-Din Jamshid al-Kashi (d. 1429), which is available in Turkish and English (see Sayili 1960). This letter, originally in Persian, was written in 1421 or 1422. From it we deduce that serious astronomical activity began in Samarkand in 1408-10, and that the construction of Ulugh Beg's observatory was begun in 1420. Amongthe astronomers known to have been active at Samarkand, we know only a few by name, but according to al-Kashi there were sixty or seventy scholars at the madrasa who were well enough versed in mathematics to participate in some capacity in the astronomical observations and/or seminars. The observations were carried out systematically from 1420 to 1437. While observatories today are expected to carry on indefinitely, this was not the case in olden times. Rather, observations were carried out, for example, to update tables of planetary motions in order to predict their future positions. al-Kashi tells us (see Sayili 1960, p.106):

    17. Ulugh Beg
    ulugh beg. ulugh beg (1394October 27, 1449), also Ulug Bey, was a Timuridastronomer, mathematician and sultan. (Bey is Turkish for chieftain).
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    Ulugh Beg
    Ulugh Beg October 27 ), also , was a Timurid astronomer mathematician and sultan Bey is Turkish for chieftain). He was the grandson of the conqueror Timur the Lame ( ) and the oldest son of Shah Rukh, both of whom were of the Turkic Barlas tribe of Transoxania (present Uzbekistan ). Ulugh Beg was born in Sultaniyya in modern-day Iran . As a child he wandered through a substantial chunk of the Middle East and India as his grandfather expanded his conquests in those areas. With Timur's death, however, and the accession of Ulugh's father to much of the Timurid Empire, he settled in Samarkand which had been Timur's capital. After Shah Rukh moved the capital to Herat (in modern Afghanistan ), sixteen year-old Ulugh Beg was made the shah's governor in Samarkand in . In he became a sovereign of the whole Mavarannhar khanate The teenaged ruler set out to turn the city into an intellectual center for the empire. In he built a madrasa ("university" or "institute") on Rigestan Square in Samarkand, and invited numerous Islamic astronomers and mathematicians to study there. Ulugh Beg's most famous pupil in mathematics was Ghiyath al-Kashi (circa His own particular interest was in astronomy , and in he built an enormous observatory , called the Gurkhani Zij, similar to Tycho Brahe 's later Uranienborg . Lacking telescopes to work with, he increased his accuracy by increasing the length of his

    18. Ulugh Beg, Title Of Muhammad Taragay
    ulugh beg, Title of Muhammad Taragay (13941449). Mongol He publisheda set of astronomical tables, called the Zij of ulugh beg. Ulugh
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    Ulugh Beg, Title of Muhammad Taragay
    Mongol mathematician and astronomer, ruler of Samarkand from 1409 and of the Mongol Empire from 1447. He built an observatory from which he made very accurate observations of the Sun and planets. He published a set of astronomical tables, called the Zij of Ulugh Beg.
    Ulugh Beg was born at Sulaniyya in central Asia and brought up at the court of his grandfather Tamerlane. At the age of 15 Ulugh Beg became ruler of the city of Samarkand and the province of Maverannakhr. In 1447 he succeeded his father, Shahrukh, to the throne, but was assassinated two years later in a coup by his son.
    In 1420 Ulugh Beg founded an institution of higher learning, or 'madrasa', in Samarkand. It specialized in astronomy and higher mathematics. Four years later he built a three-storey observatory and a sextant. By observing the altitude of the Sun at noon every day, he was able to deduce the Sun's meridianal height, its distance from the zenith, and the inclination of the ecliptic.
    The Zij of Ulugh Beg and his school is written in Tajik. It consists of a theoretical section and tables of calendar calculations, of trigonometry, and of the positions of planets, as well as a star catalogue of 1,018 stars. This includes 992 stars whose positions Ulugh Beg redetermined with unusual precision.

    19. Beg, Ulugh
    ulugh beg was the grandson of the conqueror Timur, who is often known as Tamerlane(from TimurI-Leng meaning Timur the Lame, a title of contempt used by his
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    Beg, Ulugh
    Ulugh Beg was the grandson of the conqueror Timur, who is often known as Tamerlane (from Timur-I-Leng meaning Timur the Lame, a title of contempt used by his Persian enemies). Although in this archive we are primarily interested in Ulugh Beg's achievements in mathematics and astronomy, we need to examine the history of the area since it had such a major impact on Ulugh Beg's life. Timur, Ulugh Beg's grandfather, came from the Turkic Barlas tribe which was a Mongol tribe that was living in Transoxania, today essentially Uzbekistan. He united several Turko-Mongol tribes under his leadership and set out on a conquest, with his armies of mounted archers, of the area now occupied by Iran, Iraq, and eastern Turkey. Shortly after his grandson Ulugh Beg was born, Timur invaded India and by 1399 he had taken control of Delhi. Timur continued his conquests by extending his empire to the west from 1399 to 1402, winning victories over the Egyptian Mamluks in Syria and the Ottomans in a battle near Ankara. Timur died in 1405 leading his armies into China. After Timur's death his empire was disputed among his sons. Ulugh Beg's father Shah Rukh was the fourth son of Timur and, by 1407, he had gained overall control of most of the empire, including Iran and Turkistan regaining control of Samarkand. Samarkand had been the capital of Timur's empire but, although his grandson Ulugh Beg had been brought up at Timur's court, he was seldom in that city. When Timur was not on one of his military campaigns he moved with his army from place to place and his court, including his grandson Ulugh Beg, travelled with him.

    20. Ulugh Beg
    Translate this page Mohammed Targai ulugh beg. © 2003. ulugh beg nació 1393 en Sultaniyya AsiaCentral. Fue nieto de Timur un príncipe tártaro y regidor de Turkestan.
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    Ulugh Beg nació 1393 en Sultaniyya Asia Central. Fue nieto de Timur un príncipe tártaro y regidor de Turkestan. Es conocido como un importante astrónomo y matemático del siglo XV. En 1424 construyó en Samarkand, madrasa, una institución de enseñanza de la astronomía. Posteriormente en 1428, Ulugh Beg comenzó la construcción de un magnifico observatorio en la misma ciudad y nombró a Ali-Kudsi como director del mismo. El observatorio estaba equipado con los mejores instrumentos de la época que incluía un sextante Fakhri hecho de mármol, el cual se utilizaba para calcular la inclinación de la eclíptica sobre el ecuador, el punto de equinoccio vernal, la duración del año tropical, y otras constantes astronómicas medidas por observación solar. El observatorio también incluía un cuadrante y una esfera Armilar. En 1437 publicó su trabajo mas famosos un catálogo de 992 estrellas llamado 'Zidj-i Djadid Sultani.' En el se revisaron las posiciones y magnitudes de las estrellas observadas por Ptolomeo , encontrando muchos errores en los cálculos de este autor.

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