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Ulugh Beg

Quick Info

Born

1393
Soltaniyeh, Timurid, Persia (now Iran)

Died

27 October 1449
Samarkand, Timurid empire

Summary

Ulugh Beg was the grandson of the conqueror Tamerlane and was a mathematician and astronomer.

He founded an important centre for study at Samarkand staffed with the best scientists of the time.

Ulugh meaning

He did important early work on trigonometry.

Biography

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 leadershi