Ulugh Beg, Governor of Samarkand

1394 - 1449  (55 years)    Has 5 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Ulugh Beg
  Suffix	Governor of Samarkand
  Birth	22 Mar 1394	Sultaniyeh, Irân
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Oct 1449	Samarkand, Uzbekistan
  Person ID	I354558	Geneagraphie
  Links To	This person is also Ulugh Beg at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	31 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Shah Rukh Mirza,   b. 20 Aug 1377   d. 13 Mar 1447 (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Goharshad Begum   d. 19 Jul 1457
  Family ID	F318252	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Abdul Latif,   b. 1420   d. 1451 (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F140044	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Dec 2001

  
  

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  		Birth - 22 Mar 1394 - Sultaniyeh, Irân Death - 27 Oct 1449 - Samarkand, Uzbekistan  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Ulugh Beg, who ruled over the empire during the two years between his father's death and his own, was one of the greatest astronomers that the world has ever seen. He built a magnificent observatory in Samarkand and the calculations that he made with it gained him fame in Europe as an eminent scholar. Unfortunately, he was murdered in 1449 by his son Abdul Latif, who was alarmed at the secular pursuits of his father. A year after the murder, Abdul Latif also died.