Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf

Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, often referred to simply as Taqi ad-Din, was a prominent Arab astronomer, mathematician, and engineer during the 16th century. He was born in 1526 in Damascus in the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Syria). He is best known for his contributions to astronomy and for establishing the first observatory in the Islamic world, the Maragha Observatory, which played a pivotal role in the development of astronomical research.