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which he had held the government during his father’s 
lifetime,, and soon added to it the city of Herat and its 
adjoining territory. His own son Abdol-latif having 
revolted and seized upon Balkh, the father hastened 
towards that city to punish his rebellion. Immediate- 
ly upon his departure, Abusaid Mirza, son of Mo- 
hammed Mirza, son of Miran Shah, third son of 
Timur, revolted and seized upon Samerkund, though 
always treated with extreme kindness by Ulug Beg, 
whose daughter he had married. The indignant 
prince, upon receiving intelligence of this revolt, turned 
back to defend his capital ; but being followed by his 
rebellious son Abdol-latif, a battle ensued, which ter- 
minated in the father’s defeat and death, after a short 
reign of three years. Ulug Beg was a great lover of 
science, and has justified his claim to the veneration 
of posterity by the valuable astronomical tables con- 
structed under his directions in an observatory which 
he caused to be built at Samerkund for that purpose. 
After the murder of his father, Abdol-latif marched 
to Samerkund, of which he obtained possession and 
made Abusaid prisoner ; but the latter shortly after- 
wards effected his escape and retired into Bokhara. 
While in this retreat, hearing that the parricide had 
been slain by his soldiers, who shot him to death 
with their arrows, and succeeded by his cousin, Ab- 
dallah, grandson of Shah Rukh by his second son 
Ibrahim, he mustered an army of Uzbecks, engaged 
Abdallah, defeated him, and made himself master of 
the whole of Transoxiana. Meanwhile Baber Mirza, 
another grandson of Shah Rukh by his third son 
Baisanghar, having been driven from Herat, which he 
