This structure you see here is Ulu\u011f Bey Observatory<\/em><\/strong> which was built in Timurid Era Samarkand (Uzbekistan):<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ulu\u011f Bey was Timur\u2019s grandson and he was the 4th Sultan of the Timurid Empire as well as being a mathematician and an astronomer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ulu\u011f Bey, as his name suggests, is the one who established Ulu\u011f Bey Observatory. After 12 years of extensive studies in his observatory, he compiled his findings in 2 books named Zey\u00e7 K\u00fcrkani<\/em> and Zey\u00e7 Cedit Sultani <\/em>both of which later translated into almost all European and several Eastern languages and made great contributions to the field.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n During these laborious studies Ulu\u011f Bey worked with a colleague from the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2- Kad\u0131zade-i Rumi from Bursa City:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Kad\u0131zade-i Rumi as a well-educated mathematician and astronomer, tutored Ulu\u011f Bey, managed the observatory during that time but sadly, he died in Samarkand, a little while before their 12 year of observatory study came to its conclusion. He notably took the field of mathematics one step further by expanding and simplifying the algebra method developed by G\u0131yaseddin Cem\u015fid for calculating the sine of a degree arc. Kad\u0131zade-i Rumi wrote countless books in his lifetime and trained many disciples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3- Ali Ku\u015f\u00e7u:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ali Ku\u015f\u00e7u was born in Samarkand(Uzbekistan) and died in \u0130stanbul(T\u00fcrkiye). He was a hezarfen(a person who is an expert on multiple fields) and also a part of the observatory team. He took over the management of the observatory after Kad\u0131zade\u2019s demise. He is best known for delivering the first astronomical map of the Moon.<\/em><\/strong> He even went to China to carry out his studies and on his return, he calculated the Earth’s surface area and the ecliptic as 24 degrees. He later worked for Akkoyunlu Turcoman state as an advisor and finally the Ottoman Empire as a lecturer. He was appointed as a lecturer at Sahn-\u0131 Seman Madrasa upon Fatih Sultan Mehmed\u2019s request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A celestial map drawn by Ali Ku\u015f\u00e7u:<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s known that the celestial maps drawn by Ali Ku\u015f\u00e7u helped Christopher Columbus in the discovery of the American continent.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Ali Ku\u015f\u00e7u\u2019s grandchildren now live in Bursa, D\u00fczce, Kahramanmara\u015f cities of T\u00fcrkiye bearing the honorable surname Ku\u015f\u00e7uo\u011flu<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 15th century was a prolific time for scientific progress in the area as Turkic scholars from all around studied together going back and forth between Turkic states and their scientific centers. Here are three of the valuable Turkish scientists: 1- Ulu\u011f Bey This structure you see here is Ulu\u011f Bey Observatory which was built in Timurid Era […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":824031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[845],"tags":[10967,5193,10969,10968],"class_list":["post-824028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scitech","tag-ali-kuscu","tag-islam-and-science","tag-kadizade-i-rumi","tag-ulug-bey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=824028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/824031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=824028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ulug-bey-observatory-gozlemevi.jpg\")
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