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Ulugh Beg's Observatory: Samarkand's Star-Counted Legacy

6 min•4 juni 2026

In this episode of The Story of Uzbekistan, Lucas and Luna explore the remarkable scientific legacy of Ulugh Beg, the Timurid prince who turned Samarkand into a 15th-century center of astronomy. They discuss his massive sextant, the Zij-i Sultani star catalogue that corrected Ptolemy, the brutal politics that led to his assassination, and the rediscovery of his observatory in 1908. Learn how this grandson of Timur balanced scholarship with rule, why his work influenced later European astronomers, and what remains of his ambitious project today. A story of intellect, power, and the fragile survival of knowledge.

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