Ulugh Beg

Ulugh Beg (1394-1449), Mirza Mohammed Ben Shah Rok, was 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.

Wisdom & Quotes

• The religions disperse, kingdoms fall apart, but works of science remain for all ages.

- ( Words carved on stone astronomical observatory erected by Ulugh-Beg, Tamerlane's grandson, in Samarkand in 1528 - 29 )

Sir John Fortescue