from all Persian manuscripts existing in Great Britain, with a vocabulary of Persian and Arabic words. Ulugh Beg. 38r and 38v) show the Ethiopian king of Greek mythology in fifteenth-century Timurid garb and with the facial features of Ulugh Beg, his fine beard rendered. SKU: ; Ulugh Beg – his Book of the fixed Stars by Al-Sufi. . Numerous manuscripts of. by. Ulugh Beg's catalogue of stars: Rev. The Almagest of Ptolemy was authoritative in astronomy for centuries.