Ulugbek Observatory Museum Tapestry, Samarkand - © Allan_Grey
Ulugbek Observatory Museum Tapestry, Samarkand - © Allan_Grey
The Ulugh Beg Observatory is an observatory in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Built in the 1420s by the Timurid astronomer Ulugh Beg, it is considered by scholars to have been one of the finest observatories in the Islamic world.