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Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf, an Uncommon card
Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf ash-Shami al-Asadi was an Ottoman polymath active in Cairo and Constantinople.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 71
- DEF
- 66
- Power
- 137
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 22,000
Power 137 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In 1574 the Ottoman Sultan Murad III invited Taqi ad-Din to build an ______ in the Ottoman capital, Constantinople.
Answer
observatory. In 1574 the Ottoman Sultan Murad III invited Taqi ad-Din to build an observatory in the Ottoman capital, Constantinople. From the Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Taqi ad-Din constructed instruments such as an armillary sphere and mechanical clocks that he used to observe the Great Comet of ____.
Answer
1570s. Taqi ad-Din constructed instruments such as an armillary sphere and mechanical clocks that he used to observe the Great Comet of 1577. From the Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Kalush Orchestra. Kalush Orchestra 74 · Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf 71 · George Whipple 68 · Demoralization 65 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- 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.
- In 1574 the Ottoman Sultan Murad III invited Taqi ad-Din to build an observatory in the Ottoman capital, Constantinople.
- Taqi ad-Din constructed instruments such as an armillary sphere and mechanical clocks that he used to observe the Great Comet of 1577.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf article was read about 22,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 71 and blocks with 66: each hit it takes is cut by 26 %.
How to get Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf
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The cards just above and just below Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Hideaki TakizawaUncommon · Arts · ATK 71 DEF 66
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- Sian ProctorUncommon · Science · ATK 69 DEF 68
- DemoralizationUncommon · History · ATK 65 DEF 72
- Kalush OrchestraUncommon · Arts · ATK 74 DEF 63
- Romain DumasUncommon · Society · ATK 79 DEF 58
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Ala ad-Din Mansur-Shirazi, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
