[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918) › c15.s2.4 # The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c15.s2.4 The Astronomical Observatories of Jai Singh c15.s2.4 - **Language:** English ### [c15.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c15.s2.4) With Ulugh Beg, the grandson of Tamerlane, the study of scientific astronomy throughout the Islāmic world ceased. He founded a large observatory at Samarqand, to which he summoned such renowned astronomers as Jamshid al-Kāshī (mentioned by Jai Singh), Kāḍī Zāde, al-Rūmī, ‘Alī al-Qūsjī, and others. He undertook a complete revision of the catalogue of the stars—based upon direct observation—and himself wrote a preface to the tables, a few months before he perished by an assassin's hand. Jai Singh professedly followed Ulugh Beg in his astronomical work. - [Previous: c15.s2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c15.s2.3) - [Next: c15.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c15.s2.5) - [Up: c15.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c15.s2) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c15.s2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.kaye-1918.c15.s2.4) · Pramāṇa