Zij-i Sultani

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf astronomical tables
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:the_Golden_Age_of_Islam
gptkb:Ulugh_Beg's_observatory
the_Timurid_Renaissance
cultural_exchange_in_the_Islamic_Golden_Age
gptkbp:author Ulugh Beg
gptkbp:citedBy later_Islamic_scholars
gptkbp:contains observational data
star catalog
tables of secants
tables of tangents
planetary tables
calculations of planetary motions
data on celestial phenomena
tables of sines and cosines
gptkbp:contributedTo trigonometry
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Timurids
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Zij-i Sultani
gptkbp:influence influenced later astronomical studies
gptkbp:influenced modern astronomy
the field of mathematics
European_astronomy
Islamic_calendar_development
gptkbp:inspiration astronomical observatories
scientific_inquiry_in_the_Islamic_world
gptkbp:language gptkb:Persian
gptkbp:location gptkb:Samarkand
gptkbp:maintainedBy various manuscripts
gptkbp:notableFeature high precision of measurements
gptkbp:notableFor its historical significance
its accuracy
its systematic approach
its comprehensive nature
its innovative techniques
its detailed observations
its role in the development of astronomy
gptkbp:provides planetary positions
solar and lunar eclipses
fixed stars
gptkbp:publishedBy 15th century
gptkbp:recognizedBy UNESCO_as_part_of_the_world's_documentary_heritage
gptkbp:relatedTo Almagest
gptkbp:significance one of the most important astronomical works of the medieval Islamic world
gptkbp:subject astronomy
gptkbp:technique observational astronomy
gptkbp:translatedInto gptkb:Arabic
Turkish
gptkbp:usedBy later astronomers
gptkbp:usedIn navigation
calendar calculations