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Ali Qushji

1403 - 1474

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Ala al-Dīn Ali ibn Muhammed (1403 – 18 December 1474), Persian: علاءالدین علی بن محمد سمرقندی known as Ali Qushji (Ottoman Turkish : علی قوشچی, kuşçu – falconer in Turkish; Latin: Ali Kushgii) was a Timurid theologian, jurist, astronomer, mathematician and physicist, who settled in the Ottoman Empire some time before 1472. As a disciple of Ulugh Beg, he is best known for the development of astronomical physics independent from natural philosophy, and for providing empirical evidence for the Earth's rotation in his treatise, Concerning the Supposed Dependence of Astronomy upon Philosophy. In addition to his contributions to Ulugh Beg's famous work Zij-i-Sultani and to the founding of Sahn-ı Seman Medrese, one of the first centers for the study of various traditional Islamic sciences in the Ottoman Empire, Ali Kuşçu was also the author of several scientific works and textbooks on astronomy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Qushji is the 199th most popular astronomer (down from 123rd in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Uzbekistani Astronomer.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ali Qushji ranks 199 out of 644. Before him are Otto Struve, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Maria Cunitz, Andrea M. Ghez, Andreas Cellarius, and J. Allen Hynek. After him are Nancy Roman, Félix Tisserand, Antonín Mrkos, George Mary Searle, Joel Hastings Metcalf, and Giovanni Battista Donati.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1403, Ali Qushji ranks 6. Before him are Charles VII of France, Basilios Bessarion, Louis III of Anjou, John IV of Trebizond, and Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile. After him are Giovanni di Paolo, Fernando I, Duke of Braganza, and Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1474, Ali Qushji ranks 5. Before him are Guillaume Du Fay, Henry IV of Castile, 1st Dalai Lama, and Mahmud Pasha Angelović. After him are Pietro Riario, Eric II, Duke of Pomerania, Nicolò Marcello, and Juan Pacheco.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Ali Qushji ranks 27 out of 190. Before him are Alisher Usmanov (1953), Anna German (1936), Abdullah Khan II (1533), Abdulla Aripov (1962), Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1499), and Ad-Darazi (1000). After him are Sharof Rashidov (1917), Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi (1889), Amoghavajra (705), Fayzulla Khodzhayev (1896), Mirkhvand (1433), and Goharshad Begum (1400).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Uzbekistan

Among astronomers born in Uzbekistan, Ali Qushji ranks 2. Before him are Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani (810).

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