Takiyüddin’in Pera’daki Gözlemevi

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Osmanlı Bilimi Araştırmaları
Volume:10 Issue:2
Takiyüddin’in Pera’daki Gözlemevi

Takiyüddin’in Pera’daki Gözlemevi

Authors : Cem PULATHANELİ

Pages : 115-129

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Publication Date : 2009-06-01

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :The last quarter of the 16th century saw the establishment of an observatory in Istanbul. The founder was the Ottoman astronomer Taqi-al-din insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(d. 1585); who started celestial observations with the aim of improving the astronomical tables insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(zij); of Ulugh Beg of Samarkand. The present text is the Turkish translation of “Das Observatorium des Taqi-ed-din zu Pera” published in Der Islam insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Berlin); in 1923, by J.H. Mordtmann, German orientalist and diplomat. The article brings together the information found in European and Ottoman sources regarding the observatory and presents the licence given by Sultan Murad III to Taqi al-din, entrusting him with the foundation of the observatory.
Keywords : Takiyüddin, İstanbul Rasathanesi, astronomi tarihi, Osmanlı İmparatorluğu

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