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Biruni is widely considered to be one of the most important Muslim authorities on the history of religion. [41] He is known as a pioneer in the field of comparative religion in his study of, among other creeds, Zoroastrianism, Judaism, Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism and Islam.
Apr 12, 2024 · al-Bīrūnī (born Sept. 4, 973 ce, Khwārezm, Khorāsān [now in Uzbekistan]—died c. 1052, Ghazna [now Ghaznī, Afg.) was a Muslim astronomer, mathematician, ethnographist, anthropologist, historian, and geographer. Al-Bīrūnī lived during a period of unusual political turmoil in the eastern Islamic world. He served more than six different ...
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15 September 0973. Kath, Khwarazm (now Kara-Kalpakskaya, Uzbekistan) Died. 13 December 1048. Ghazna (now Ghazni, Afganistan) Summary. Al-Biruni is one of the major figures of Islamic mathematics. He contributed to astronomy, mathematics, physics, medicine and history. View seven larger pictures. Biography.
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al-Bīrūnī, (born September 973, Khwārezm, Khorāsān—died Dec. 13, 1048, Ghazna, Ghaznavid Afg.), Persian scientist and scholar. Sometime after 1017, he went to India, a land of which he wrote an encyclopaedic account.
Sep 4, 2021 · On September 4, 973, Muslim scholar Al-Biruni was born. He is regarded as one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era and was well versed in physics, mathematics, astronomy, and natural sciences, and also distinguished himself as a historian, chronologist and linguist.
Al-Biruni, a universal genius in Central Asia a thousand years ago: astronomer, historian, botanist, pharmacologist, geologist, poet, philosopher, mathematician, geographer, humanist. periodical issue. Parent. The UNESCO Courier. Collation. p. 4-41, illus. Language. English. Arabic. Russian. Also available in. Français. Español. Year of publication
Nov 27, 2020 · It was the Islamic Golden Age, and al-Biruni was a first-class scientist — a polymath. A historian, astronomer, botanist, pharmacologist, geologist, poet, philosopher, mathematician,...
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