Ali Qushji
Theologian and jurist
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Ala al-Dīn Ali ibn Muhammed, known as Ali Qushji was a Timurid theologian, jurist, astronomer, mathematician and physicist, who settled in the Ottoman Empire some time before 1472. Wikipedia
Born: 1403, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Died: December 16, 1474 (age 71 years), Istanbul Eyalet
Parents: Muhammad
Place of burial: Eyüp Sultan Türbesi
Main interest(s): Kalam (Islamic theology), Fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), Falkiat, Mathematics
Notable work(s): Concerning the Supposed Dependence of Astronomy upon Philosophy