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Timur's Grandchildren: The Timurid Renaissance
This episode explores the intellectual and artistic flourishing that occurred under Tamerlane’s descendants, particularly focusing on the reign of his grandson, Ulugh Beg. While Tamerlane is remembered for conquest, it was Ulugh Beg who established one of the most advanced scientific institutions of the medieval world: the Samarkand Observatory. We examine how Ulugh Beg, a ruler who spent more time calculating star positions than leading cavalry charges, compiled the Zij-i Sultani, a star catalog that corrected centuries of Ptolemaic errors. The conversation also touches on the court poets…
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