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Ulugh Beg

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The Resume

    (circa 1393-October 27, 1449)
    Born in Soltaniyeh, Iran
    Full name is Mīrzā Muhammad Tāriq ibn Shāhrukh in Persian
    Grandson of Tamerlane
    Worked as astronomer, mathematician, and sultan
    Governor of Samarkand (1409-1411)
    Ruler of Mavarannahr (Transoxiana) Khanate (1411-1449)
    Built a madrasa in Registan square in Samarkand (1417-1420).
    Built an observatory called Gurkhani Zij (1428).

Why he might be annoying:

    He was better in science than in politics.
    He massacred everyone in the city of Herat after defeating Mirza Ala-u-dowleh (1448).
    He razed the last Christian churches in Samarkand and Central Asia, meaning that Christianity disappeared in the region until the Russians dominated the area in 1867.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He became sultan at age 18.
    He was a skilled astronomer who almost accurately estimated the duration of the sun’s cycle.
    He was also a skilled mathematician who accurately wrote the trigonometric tables of sine and tangent to eight decimal places.
    His eldest son beheaded him when he was going to Mecca.
    The observatory he built was destroyed at the same year he died.
    A crater on the Moon, Ulugh Beigh, is named after him.

Credit: Big Lenny


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 28 Votes: 39.29% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 37 Votes: 24.32% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 36 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 34 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 62 Votes: 75.81% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 97 Votes: 61.86% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying