Ulugh Beg
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Ulugh Beg was a 15th-century Timurid ruler, astronomer, and mathematician renowned for building a major observatory in Samarkand and producing highly accurate astronomical tables.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ulugh Beg canonical | 30 |
| Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay Ulugh Beg | 1 |
| Ulugh Beg (through Timurid patronage) | 1 |
| Ulugh Beg as sultan | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T531463 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Ulugh Beg Context triple: [Timurid dynasty, hasNotableMember, Ulugh Beg]
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Timur
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in Central Asia and became one of history’s most formidable military leaders.
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Humayun
Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, known for temporarily losing his kingdom to Afghan rivals before regaining it and paving the way for the expansive rule of his son Akbar.
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Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
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al-Muqtana Baha’uddin
al-Muqtana Baha’uddin was a central early Druze religious leader and theologian who helped shape and consolidate the community’s doctrines and identity.
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E.
Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Ulugh Beg Target entity description: Ulugh Beg was a 15th-century Timurid ruler, astronomer, and mathematician renowned for building a major observatory in Samarkand and producing highly accurate astronomical tables.
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A.
Timur
Timur, also known as Tamerlane, was a 14th-century Turco-Mongol conqueror who founded the Timurid Empire in Central Asia and became one of history’s most formidable military leaders.
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B.
Humayun
Humayun was the second emperor of the Mughal Empire, known for temporarily losing his kingdom to Afghan rivals before regaining it and paving the way for the expansive rule of his son Akbar.
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C.
Dalbandin
Dalbandin is a small town in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, known as an important stop along the Quetta–Taftan highway and for its proximity to the Chagai nuclear testing sites.
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D.
al-Muqtana Baha’uddin
al-Muqtana Baha’uddin was a central early Druze religious leader and theologian who helped shape and consolidate the community’s doctrines and identity.
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E.
Ibn Muqla
Ibn Muqla was a 10th-century Abbasid vizier and master calligrapher renowned for codifying the proportional rules that shaped classical Arabic scripts, especially Naskh.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Timurid prince
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astronomer ⓘ mathematician ⓘ person ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1394-03-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Sultaniyeh ⓘ |
| built |
Ulugh Beg observatory
ⓘ
surface form:
Samarkand observatory
Ulugh Beg observatory ⓘ
surface form:
Ulugh Beg Observatory
|
| causeOfDeath | assassination ⓘ |
| child | Abd al-Latif ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Timurid dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Timurid Empire
|
| deathDate | 1449-10-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Samarkand ⓘ |
| dynasty | Timurid dynasty ⓘ |
| era | 15th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Turkic ⓘ |
| father |
Shahrukh Mirza
ⓘ
surface form:
Shah Rukh
|
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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mathematics ⓘ trigonometry ⓘ |
| fullName |
Ulugh Beg
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Mīrzā Muhammad Tāraghay Ulugh Beg
|
| influenced |
early modern European astronomy
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later Islamic astronomers ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi
ⓘ
Claudius Ptolemaeus ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemy
|
| knownFor |
building the Samarkand observatory
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highly accurate star catalog ⓘ precise measurement of the length of the sidereal year ⓘ precise measurement of the obliquity of the ecliptic ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | executed on orders of his son ⓘ |
| mother | Gawhar Shad ⓘ |
| name | Ulugh Beg self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ulugh Beg's Zij-i Sultani
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surface form:
Ulugh Beg astronomical tables
Zīj-i Sultānī ⓘ |
| numberOfStarsCataloged | about 1018 ⓘ |
| occupation |
astronomer
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mathematician ⓘ ruler ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Timurid sultan
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governor of Samarkand ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 1449 ⓘ |
| reignStart | 1447 ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Samarkand ⓘ |
| spouse | Agha Begi Agha ⓘ |
| studentOf | Qadi Zada al-Rumi ⓘ |
| teacherOf |
Al-Qushji
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surface form:
Ali Qushji
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Subject: Ulugh Beg Description of subject: Ulugh Beg was a 15th-century Timurid ruler, astronomer, and mathematician renowned for building a major observatory in Samarkand and producing highly accurate astronomical tables.
Referenced by (33)
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