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Ali Qushji

علي القوشجي

The scholar Ali Qushji, among the greatest mathematicians and astronomers of his age; al-Salabi records that whenever he composed a book in Persian he would render it into Arabic and present it to Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror 1, and Ibn al-Imad counts him among the great scholars Mehmed drew from the farthest lands until Istanbul became mother of the world 2.

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Scholar
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Anatolia · Persia & Central Asia
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Summary

The scholar Ala al-Din Ali ibn Muhammad al-Qushji, among the greatest mathematicians and astronomers of his age 2.

At Mehmed's court

Al-Salabi records that whenever Qushji composed a book in Persian he rendered it into Arabic and presented it to Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror 1; Ibn al-Imad counts him among the great scholars Mehmed drew from the farthest lands until Istanbul became mother of the world 2.

Sources

  1. al-Dawla al-Uthmaniyya — Ali Muhammad al-Salabi (2001) , p. 142
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 344-345
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