Proceedings of the international conference devoted to the 615th anniversary of Ulughbeg and the international year of astronomy –2009, Samarkand, 9-11 June 2009, Tashkent-Samarkand 2009.

The publication includes materials of the International Scientific Conference devoted to the 615th anniversary of Mirzo Ulughbeg founder of the world famous scientific school, great astronomer and statesman. Based on the newest research and the up-to date sources, the assembled articles consider the issues of influence of the Ulughbeg's scientific school on the development of the global astronomy, in particular in China, Korea, Japan and India as well as Turkish, Iranian and European science. In a number of articles, authors analyze the political situation, cultural life and education system during the rein of Ulughbeg, as well as development of architecture, building construction, ornaments, art etc.

CONTENTS

Shuhrat Ehgamberdiev (Uzbekistan)

UNDERSTANDING OF THE SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE OF ULUGHBEG: ACHIEVEMENTS MADE AND CHALLENGES AHEAD

Ihsan Fazhoglu (Canada, Turkey)

THE IMPACT OF THE SAMARKANDIAN MATHEMATICAL AND ASTRONOMICAL SCHOOL ON PHILOSOPHY AND ASTRONOMY IN OTTOMAN TIMES

S.M. Razaullah Ansari (India)

THE TRANSMISSION OF ULUGHBEG'S SCHOOL OF ASTRONOMY TO MEDIEVAL INDIA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INDIAN ASTRONOMY

Ajabshirizadeh A., Tabatabai S.H. (Iran)

OBSERVATION OF AL TUSI IN MARAGHA

Elchin Safaraly-oghlu Babayev (Azerbaijan)

ASTRONOMY ACADEMIES OF NAS1RADDIN TUSI AND ULUGH BEG: VIRTUAL BRIDGE FROM MARAGHA TO SAMARQAND

Frederique Beaupertuis-Bressand (France)

ULUG BEG, LE PRINCE ASTRONOME

Mohammad Bagheri (Iran)

AMIR TIMUR'S RECOMMENDATION LETTER FOR ABD AL-QADIR MARAGHI

Mahammed Bagheri (Iran)

AN ALPHANUMERICAL ENIGMA FROM ULUGH BEG

Christophe Benoist and Francoise Le Guet Tully (France)

ULUGH BEG IN THE WEST: ASCERTAINED LEGACY AND POSSIBLE FILIATION

Dario Giorgetti (Italy)

THE ULUGHBEG'S OBSERVATORY AT SAMARKAND AS AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE: WHAT WAS DONE AND WHAT REMAINS TO BE DONE

Feza Gunergun (Turkey)

A 17th CENTURY TURKISH TRANSLATION OF ULUGHBEG'S ZIJ

Isahaya Yoichi (Japan)

TARIKH-I KHITA WA UYGHUR IN ULUGHBEG'S ZIJ

Tsuko Nakamura (Japan)

ULUGHBEG AND TOKUGAWA YOSHIMUNE (1684-1751): PATRONS OF ASTRONOMY

Mansura Haidar (India)

THE REGIONAL IMPACT OF ULUGHBEK"S EPOCH

Atila Ozgiic (Turkey)

MANUSCRIPTS RELATED TO ULUGHBEG FROM THE KANDILLI OBSERVATORY COLLECTION

M. Shamsher AH (Bangladesh)

AL BIRUNI AND THE SPIRIT OF LEARNING

Sergei Tourkin (Russia), (Canada)

TIMURID HOROSCOPES

Shi Yunli (China)

ISLAMIC ASTRONOMY IN EAST ASIA IN ULUGHBEG'S TIME