Birûni
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Gender | Male |
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Born | Beruni |
Uzbekistan | |
Died | Ghazni |
Afghanistan | |
Nationality | Iranian |
Full name | Abu Rayhan al-Biruni |
Place of burial | مقبره ابوریحان بیرونی, Ghazni, Afghanistan |
Influences | Ibn Sina |
Muhammad | |
Abu Bakr al-Razi | |
Al-Battani | |
Books | Kitab al‑Tafhim |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 3748515 |
Birûni Life story
Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni commonly known as al-Biruni, was a Khwarazmian Iranian scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He has been called variously the "founder of Indology", "Father of Comparative Religion", "Father of modern geodesy", and the first anthropologist.