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din.jpg Work in the observatorium of Taqi ad-Din Born 1526 Died
1585 Fields Mathematics, astronomy, engineering, mechanics,
optics, natural philosophy Known for Istanbul observatory  Taqi
ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf ash-Shami al-Asadi (Arabic: تقي الدين
محمد بن معروف الشامي, Modern Turkish: Takiyuddin or Taki)
(1526–1585) was a Muslim polymath: He was the author of more
than ninety books on a wide variety of subjects, including
astronomy, clocks, engineering, mathematics, mechanics, optics
and natural philosophy.[citation needed] In 1574 the Ottoman
Sultan Murād III invited Taqī ad-Dīn to build the Istanbul
observatory. Using his exceptional knowledge in the mechanical
arts, Taqī ad-Dīn constructed instruments like huge armillary
and mechanical clocks that he used in his observations of the
Great Comet of 1577. He also used European celestial and
terrestrial globes that were delivered to Istan