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Ulugh Beg, Prince of Stars
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⚛️ physics.hist-ph
physics.pop-ph
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princeulughaboveasianastronomersastronomicalbestbuilt
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Who was Ulugh Beg? A prince who governed a province in the central Asian empire built by his grandfather Tamerlane. Above all, he was a scholar who founded the Samarkand astronomical observatory, whose work predated that of the best astronomers in Europe one and a half centuries later.
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