Turkic name, combination of the Ulug - "senior, great" + Bek - "ruler".
Ulugh Beg (Muhammad ibn Shah Rukh bin Timur Ulugbek Guragan) 22 March 1394, Soltaniyeh-27 October 1449, Samarkand - was a Timurid ruler the son of Shah Rukh, grandson of Tamerlane. Known as an outstanding astronomer and astrologer.
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