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Ulugh-Beg

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A Tartar prince, grandson of Tamerlane; astronomy was a favourite study of his, and in the patronage of it he founded an observatory at Samarcand; after a reign of 40 years conjointly with his father and by himself, he was put to death by a son who had rebelled against him (1394-1449).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ulugh-Beg'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​u/ulugh-beg.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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