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Ali Qushji

1403 - 1474

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Ala al-Dīn Ali ibn Muhammed (1403 – 18 December 1474), known as Ali Qushji (Ottoman Turkish : علی قوشچی, kuşçu – falconer in Turkish; Latin: Ali Kushgii) was a Timurid theologian, jurist, astronomer, mathematician and physicist, who settled in the Ottoman Empire some time before 1472. As a disciple of Ulugh Beg, he is best known for the development of astronomical physics independent from natural philosophy, and for providing empirical evidence for the Earth's rotation in his treatise, Concerning the Supposed Dependence of Astronomy upon Philosophy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Qushji has received more than 250,911 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ali Qushji is the 123rd most popular astronomer (down from 121st in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Uzbekistan (up from 24th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Uzbekistani Astronomer.

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  • 250k

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  • 59.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Ali Qushji ranks 123 out of 644. Before him are Heinrich Schwabe, Frank Drake, Ernst Öpik, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Cleveland Abbe, and Eric Walter Elst. After him are Hermann Goldschmidt, Maria Mitchell, Alphonse Borrelly, Tom Gehrels, Annibale de Gasparis, and Maslama al-Majriti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1403, Ali Qushji ranks 5. Before him are Charles VII of France, Basilios Bessarion, John IV of Trebizond, and Louis III of Anjou. After him are Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile, Giovanni di Paolo, Fernando I, Duke of Braganza, and Louis VIII, Duke of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1474, Ali Qushji ranks 4. Before him are Guillaume Du Fay, Henry IV of Castile, and 1st Dalai Lama. After him are Mahmud Pasha Angelović, Eric II, Duke of Pomerania, Pietro Riario, Nicolò Marcello, and Juan Pacheco.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Ali Qushji ranks 23 out of 190. Before him are Sadriddin Ayni (1878), Yaqub Beg (1820), Abdal-Latif Mirza (1420), Alisher Usmanov (1953), Abdullah Khan II (1533), and Anna German (1936). After him are Viktor Bryukhanov (1935), Fayzulla Khodzhayev (1896), Goharshad Begum (1400), Ad-Darazi (1000), Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1499), and Amoghavajra (705).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Uzbekistan

Among astronomers born in Uzbekistan, Ali Qushji ranks 2. Before him are Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani (810).

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