The Constantinople observatory of Taqi ad-Din, founded in Constantinople (today Istanbul) by Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf in 1577, was one of the largest...

Ottoman Sultan Murad III invited Taqi ad-Din to build an observatory in the Ottoman capital, Istanbul. Taqi ad-Din constructed instruments such as an...

Samarqand, Uzbekistan 1442: Beijing Ancient Observatory, China 1577: Constantinople Observatory of Taqi ad-Din, Turkey 1580: Uraniborg, Denmark 1581: Stjerneborg...

Ali Quşhji developed a model for Mercury. Taqi al-Din later built the Constantinople Observatory of Taqi ad-Din in 1577, where he carried out astronomical...

modern-looking" terrestrial globe of the Earth was constructed by Taqi al-Din at the Constantinople observatory of Taqi ad-Din during the 1570s. The world's...

1580 — Taqi al-Din measures the right ascension of the stars at the Constantinople observatory of Taqi ad-Din using an "observational clock" he invented and...

built the Constantinople observatory of Taqi ad-Din in 1577, where he carried out observations until 1580. He calculated the eccentricity of the Sun's...

in the 13th century, the Samarkand observatory in the 15th century, and the Constantinople observatory of Taqi ad-Din in the 16th century. Nearly 100 more...

technology included many events, some of which are listed here. The Constantinople Observatory of Taqi ad-Din is destroyed by Sultan Selim II. September...

Observatory of Taqi ad-Din under Sultan Murad III 1576 – Royal Danish Astronomical Observatory Uraniborg at Hven by Tycho Brahe 1577–80 – Taqi al-Din invents...

This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and location...

the fields of science and technology occurred in the year 1577. The Constantinople Observatory of Taqi ad-Din is completed. The Great Comet of 1577 is seen...

with a precision of 15–35 arcsec. Taqi al-Din measured the right ascension of the stars at the Constantinople Observatory of Taqi ad-Din using the "observational...

the Battle of Mohács. Parallel rulers: Invented by Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf and used at the Constantinople Observatory of Taqi ad-Din (1577–1580)...

described in his diary the founding of the Constantinople Observatory of Taqi ad-Din, while Tycho Brahe served Frederick II of Denmark with astronomical and...

by Russian teams. And finally, Taqi al-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf founded a large observatory in Ottoman Constantinople in 1577, which was on the same scale...

Ala al-Dīn Ali ibn Muhammed (1403 – 16 December 1474), known as Ali Qushji (Ottoman Turkish : علی قوشچی, kuşçu – falconer in Turkish; Latin: Ali Kushgii)...

1526 to 1585 – Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, a Syrian polymath who built the Constantinople observatory, the largest observatory of the medieval world...

Pasha Mosque built. 1573 – Piyale Pasha Mosque built. 1577 – Observatory of Taqi al-Din built. 1578 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha Mosque (Azapkapı) built. 1580...

disorder of the Caliphate attracted the attention and meddling of the Sunni Zengid ruler Nūr ad-Dīn, who was now in control of Damascus and a large part of Syria...

destruction of the Constantinople observatory of Taqi al-Din in 1580, astronomical activity stagnated in the Ottoman Empire, until the introduction of Copernican...

science – or at least the fruits of science – thereafter include the demolition of Taqi al-Din's great Constantinople observatory in Galata, "comparable in its...

Elements of his Kitāb Sirr al-ʿamal ("Book of the secret action"), were republished in the 12th century Book of Nine Judges, compiled by Hugo of Santalla...

the city is the mausoleum of Sheikh Shaabe-deen, who was the teacher of Safi-ad-din Ardabili, the founder of the family of Safavid dynasty. The monument...