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1488880522_65756.ppt powerpoint presentation born march 22, 1394 died october 27, 1449 ulughbeg ulugh beg (uzbek: muhammad tarag'ay ulug'beg, муҳаммад тарағай улуғбек; persian: میرزا محمد طارق بن شاہرخ الغ‌بیگ‎ – mīrzā muhammad tāraghay bin shāhrukh uluġ beg) (march 22, 1394 in sultaniyeh (persia) – october 27, 1449 (samarkand)) was a timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan. his commonly-known name is not truly a personal name, but rather a moniker, which can be loosely translated as "great ruler" or "patriarch ruler" and was the turkic equivalent of timur's perso-arabic title amīr-e kabīr.[1] his real name was mīrzā mohammad tāraghay bin shāhrokh. ulugh beg was also notable for his work in astronomy-related mathematics, such as trigonometry and spherical geometry. being an genius astronomer he built the great ulugh beg observatory in samarkand between 1424 and 1429. it was considered by scholars to have been one of the finest observatories …

he accession of ulugh beg'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 1409. in 1411, he became the sovereign ruler of the whole mavarannahr khanate. ulugbek observatory - constructed by ulugbek in 1428-1429, 46 meters in diameter, 30 meters in height. in the main hall huge instrument was placed for observations of moon, sun, and other stars of the vault of heaven. observatory was unique construction for its time. the basis of observatory was giant goniometer (vertical circle), radius of circle was equal 40,212 meters, and the length of arc was 63 meters. the main instrument-sextant-was oriented with amazing exactness by line of meridian from south to north. contribution of creation astronomic catalog-“zidji-gurgani”, known as “star tables of ulugbek” belongs …

ed ulugh beg's remains in the tomb of timur in samarkand, where they were found by archeologists in 1941. the crater, ulugh beigh, on the moon, was named after him by the german astronomer johann heinrich von mädler on his 1830 map of the moon ulugbek madrasah, bukhara as evidenced by the inscription on the bronze plate at the door, this structure was completed in fourteen seventeen. ulugbek madrasah is the oldest madrasah in central asia, this was the first of three built by ulugbek, grandson of the famous tamer the great. unlike tamerlane, however, ulugbek was much more interested in the pursuit of knowledge than in conquering lands. inscribed on the madrasah in bukhara are the words ulugbek believed in: "the pursuit of knowledge is the obligation of every muslin man and woman". the building is covered in gorgeous tiles of various sizes and of various shades of blue. …

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1488880522_65756.ppt powerpoint presentation born march 22, 1394 died october 27, 1449 ulughbeg ulugh beg (uzbek: muhammad tarag'ay ulug'beg, муҳаммад тарағай улуғбек; persian: میرزا محمد طارق بن شاہرخ الغ‌بیگ‎ – mīrzā muhammad tāraghay bin shāhrukh uluġ beg) (march 22, 1394 in sultaniyeh (persia) – october 27, 1449 (samarkand)) was a timurid ruler as well as an astronomer, mathematician and sultan. his commonly-known name is not truly a personal name, but rather a moniker, which can be loosely translated as "great ruler" or "patriarch ruler" and was the turkic equivalent of timur's perso-arabic title amīr-e kabīr.[1] his real name was mīrzā mohammad tāraghay bin shāhrokh. ulugh beg was also notable for his work in astronomy-related mathematics, such as trigonometry and spherical geometry....

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