Ulūgh Beg: Facts & Related Content

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Born 1394 • SolṭāniyyehIran
Died October 27, 1449 (aged 55) • SamarkandUzbekistan
House / Dynasty Timurid dynasty
Notable Family Members father Shāh Rokh

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Timur
Timur
Turkic conqueror
Ḥāfiẓ-i Abrū
Persian historian
Shāh Rokh
Timurid ruler of Iran and Turkistan
Sharaf ad-Dīn ʿAlī Yazdī
Persian historian
Khālid ibn Barmak
ʿAbbāsid noble
al- Fadl ibn Yahya
Abbasid vizier
Jaʿfar ibn Yaḥyā
Barmakid administrator
Amoghavajra
Buddhist monk
Yaḥyā ibn Khalid
ʿAbbāsid vizier
Ebrahim Raisi
Ebrahim Raisi
Iranian cleric, prosecutor, and politician
Ali Khamenei
Ali Khamenei
rahbar of Iran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
president of Iran
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf
Iranian politician
Hassan Rouhani
Hassan Rouhani
president of Iran
Masoud Pezeshkian
Masoud Pezeshkian
president of Iran
Saeed Jalili
Saeed Jalili
Iranian politician
Mir Hossein Mousavi
prime minister of Iran
Narges Mohammadi
Narges Mohammadi
Iranian human rights activist
Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Hashemi Rafsanjani
president of Iran