Ulugh Beg
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Mīrzā Muhammad Tarāghāy bin Shāhrukh, better known as Ulugh Beg, was a Timurid sultan, as well as an astronomer and mathematician.
Statue of Mirza Ulugh Beg
Ulugh Beg Observatory
Ophiuchus, miniature from the manuscript of The Book of Fixed Stars commissioned by Ulugh Beg. Probably Samarkand, c. 1430–1440. Bibliothèque nationale de France
A model of Ulug Beg observatory in the Uzbek National Muzeum - the central partition hosted the huge sextant.
Timur
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Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a Turco-Mongol conqueror, first ruler of the Timurid dynasty, and the founder of the Timurid Empire, which ruled over modern-day Afghanistan, Iran, and Central Asia
Ulugh Beg
…and he was subsequently overthrown and assassinated by his son Abd al Latif around 1449 (852 AH). He was a grandson of the great conqueror and king, Timur (Tamerlane) (1336–1405), and the oldest son of Shah Rukh, both of whom came from the Turkicized Mongol Barlas tribe of Transoxiana (now Uzbekistan…
Facial reconstruction from Timur's skull, by Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
Original location of Timur's Mongol Barlas tribe
Earliest known portrait of Timur, commissioned right after his death in 1405–1409, by his grandson Khalil Sultan for an illustrated Timurid genealogy (TSMK, H2152).
Timur on horse in a battle with Tokhtamysh, Khan of the Golden Horde. 1420–1440 manuscript (partially colored), possibly Herat. Topkapi H.2153