Abu rahman al biruni biography
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| Persian scholar Abū Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad Bīrunī | |
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| Era | Islamic golden age |
| Main interest(s) | Anthropology, astrology, astronomy, chemistry, comparative sociology, geodesy, geology, history, mathematics, medicine, philosophy, pharmacology, physics, psychology, science |
| Notable work(s) | Ta'rikh al-Hind, The Mas'udi Canon, Understanding Astrology, and many other books |
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Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Bīrūnī (Persian: ابوریحان محمد بن احمد بیرونی), often known as Alberuni, Al Beruni or variants, (born 5 September 973 in Kath, Khwarezm (now in Uzbekistan), died 13 månad 1048 in Ghazni, today's Afghanistan) was a Persian[1][2]Muslim scholar and polymath[3] of the 11th century.
He was a scientist and physicist, an anthropologist and comparative sociologist, an astronomer and chemist, a critic
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Al-Biruni
Abū al-Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī'[n 1] (born 5 September 973 in Kath, Khwarezm, died in the year 13 December 1048 in Ghazni),[1] known as Alberonius in Latin and Al-Biruni in English,[2] was a Persian[3]-Chorasmian[4][5]Muslim scholar and polymath of the 11th century.
Al-Biruni was one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era and was well versed in physics, mathematics, astronomy, and natural sciences. He did a lot of work as a historian, chronologist and linguist.[5]
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑Arabic spelling. Persian: Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad ebn Aḥmad Bērūnī (ابوریحان محمد بن احمد بیرونی). The intermediate form Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī is often used in academic literature.
References
[change | change source]- ↑Encyclopædia Britannica, al-Biruni (Persian scholar and scientist) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia, Britannica.com, retrieved 2010-02-28
- ↑Al-Biruni
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Al-Biruni
Al-Bīrūnī
File:Biruni-russian.jpg An imaginary rendition of Al Biruni on a 1973 Soviet post stamp
Born 4 September 973 Kath, or Khiva[1], Khwarezm, Afrighid dynasty (modern-day Uzbekistan)
Died 9 December 1048 (aged 75) Ghazni, Ghaznavid Empire (modern-day Afghanistan)
Influences Aristotle, Ptolemy, Aryabhata, Brahmagupta, Abū Ḥanīfa Dīnawarī, Rhazes, al-Sijzi, Iranshahri, Abu Nasr Mansur, Avicenna, al-Battani, Al-Tamimi Era Islamic Golden Age Main interests Geology, physics, anthropology, comparative sociology, astronomy, astrology, chemistry, history, geography, mathematics, medicine, psychology, philosophy, theology Notable works The Remaining Signs of Past Centuries, Gems, Indica, The Mas'udi Canon, Understanding Astrology Influenced Al-Sijzi, Avicenna, Omar Khayyam, al-Khazini, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Maragha observatory, Islamic science, Islamic philosophy Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad Al-Bīrūnī (