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Taqi al-Din, Ottoman chief astronomer

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Taqi al-Dinتقي الدين الراصد

Approximate dateIstanbul

Chief astronomer of the Ottomans, who built an observatory in Istanbul and wrote on mechanical clocks.

Born in Damascus, he worked in Cairo and Istanbul, writing on clocks, optics and astronomy. In 1577 Sultan Murad III built him an observatory at Tophane. After a comet that year was blamed for misfortunes, the observatory was torn down in 1580.

What grew out of it?

His clock treatise is among the earliest on spring-driven clocks in the Muslim world.

Who else is linked?

Istanbul (Constantinople)Murad IIIOttoman Empire

Who lived at the same time?

Tahmasp IIvan IVHumayunSuleiman ISelim IIAhmad ibn Ibrahim al-GhaziIdris AloomaAkbar

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