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    طارق بن شاہ رخ; Persian: میرزا محمد تراغای بن شاهرخ), better known as Ulugh Beg (Persian: الغ‌ بیگ; Turkish: Uluğ Bey; 22 March 1394 – 27 October 1449)...
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    The Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in modern day Samarkand, Uzbekistan, which was built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg. This...
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    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...
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  • Ulugh Beg Mirza II also known as Ulugh Beg Kabuli (d. 1502) was the Ruler of the Timurid Empire of Kabul and Ghazni from 1469 to 1502. he was the son of...
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    (1646–1660). Madrasah is an Arabic term meaning school. The Ulugh Beg Madrasah, built by Ulugh Beg during the Timurid Empire era of Timur, has an imposing...
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    Shah Rukh (redirect from Shah Rukh Beg)
    his viceregal capital. Samarqand was instead bestowed on his eldest son Ulugh Beg, who was appointed governor of Transoxiana. The new emperor began his...
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    Timur's grandson Ulugh Beg built a madrasah in Samarqand, which became the first building in the architectural ensemble of Registan. Ulugh Beg invited a large...
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  • great-grandson of Central Asian emperor Timur. He was the third son of Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler of Transoxiana (modern Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and parts...
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  • Almas Beg (died c. 1302), better known by his title Ulugh Khan, was a brother and a general of the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji. He held the...
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    descendants of Turk. Ulugh Beg's work on genealogy classified Mongols as Turks, while also praising their warrior spirit. Ulugh Beg included Yāfas (Japheth)...
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    the tombs of Tamerlane, his sons Shah Rukh and Miran Shah and grandsons Ulugh Beg and Muhammad Sultan. Also honoured with a place in the tomb is Timur's...
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    feet. The construction of the mausoleum took place during the reign of Ulugh Beg. Adjacent to it, there is a mosque, and to the south, another mausoleum...
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    settled in the Ottoman Empire some time before 1472. As a disciple of Ulugh Beg, he is best known for the development of astronomical physics independent...
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  • Khurasan. Meanwhile, Ulugh Beg also invaded Khurasan in 1448 in an attempt to defeat Ala al-Dawla Mirza, who held Herat. Ulugh Beg defeated him at Tarnab...
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    Sa'id's hand and placed it in Ulugh Beg's, putting the boy under his protection. Abu Sa'id was given a role at Ulugh Beg's court, later receiving his daughter...
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  • Tajudeen. The Yusufzai migrated from Kandahar, Afghanistan to Kabul when Ulugh Beg was governor. He succeeded his father Shah Rukh, who was the son of Timur...
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  • published by Ulugh Beg in 1438–1439. It was the joint product of the work of a group of Muslim astronomers working under the patronage of Ulugh Beg at Samarkand's...
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    15th-century Persian physician from Kerman. He was court physician to Ulugh Beg, the grandson of Tamerlane and the governor of Samarqand from 1409 to...
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    Timur (redirect from Timur Beg Gurkhani)
    was the grandfather of the Timurid sultan, astronomer and mathematician Ulugh Beg, who ruled Central Asia from 1411 to 1449, and the great-great-great-grandfather...
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    was visited by his cousin Ulugh Beg, with whom he had shared a close relationship. The dying prince entrusted to Ulugh Beg the guardianship of his son...
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    combined in this case with a lantern dome that allows light to enter. Under Ulugh Beg (r. 1447–1449), the Registan Square in Samarkand was first transformed...
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    org). in English; in French; in Spanish. Retrieved 19 November 2020. "Ulugh Beg Madrasa of Samarkand, Uzbekistan". Asian Historical Architecture. www...
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    astronomer. Therefore the double-cupola mausoleum which was built by Ulugh Beg above his tomb in 1434 to 1435 has the height comparable with cupolas...
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    capital was Samarkand, which became a centre of science under the rule of Ulugh Beg, giving birth to the Timurid Renaissance. The territories of the Timurid...
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  • descendants of Turk. Ulugh Beg's work on genealogy classified Mongols as Turks, while also praising their warrior spirit. Ulugh Beg included Yāfas (Japheth)...
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    mathematicians. Eight years after he came into power in 1409, their son, Ulugh Beg, founded an institute in Samarkand which soon became a prominent university...
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    Shirin Beg Agha - with Jahan Sultan Agha; Saray Malik Agha - with Shad Malik Agha; Sultan Badi-al-Mulk Agha - with Shad Malik Agha, married to Ulugh Beg, son...
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    madrassa" (religious school) and a "Persian style mosque" by Timurid Sultan Ulugh Beg is observed. The mausoleums of Timurid princes, with their turquoise and...
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    sextant was constructed in Ray, Iran, by Abu-Mahmud al-Khujandi in 994. Ulugh Beg constructed the "Fakhri Sextant" in Samarkand that had a radius of 40...
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    Dorut Tilovat (Dorut Tilavat) Complex A Friday mosque built in 1437 by Ulugh Beg in honor of his father Shah Rukh, its name meaning “Blue Dome”. Located...
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