Al-Biruni

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Al-Biruni was an 11th-century Persian polymath renowned for his pioneering works in astronomy, mathematics, geography, and comparative religion.

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Al-Biruni canonical 8
al-Biruni 4
Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni 1

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instanceOf Persian person
astronomer
geographer
historian
mathematician
medieval scientist
philosopher
physicist
polymath
scholar of comparative religion
alsoWroteInLanguage Persian
birthYear 973
centuryOfActivity 11th century
deathYear 1048
employer Ghaznavid Empire
surface form: Ghaznavid court
ethnicOrigin Persian
fieldOfWork astronomy
chronology
comparative religion
geodesy
geography
history of science
mathematics
mineralogy
pharmacology
givenName Abu Rayhan
influenceOn later European scholars of the Renaissance
later Islamic astronomers
knownFor accurate determination of the Earth’s radius
early use of experimental methods in science
early work in geodesy
pioneering works in astronomy
pioneering works in comparative religion
pioneering works in geography
pioneering works in mathematics
studies of the Earth’s rotation
systematic study of India
mainLanguageOfWriting Arabic
methodologicalContribution comparative study of religions and cultures
use of observation and measurement in natural science
name Al-Biruni self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni
notableWork Kitab al-Jamahir fi Ma’rifat al-Jawahir
Kitab al-Qanun al-Masudi
Tahqiq ma li-l-Hind
al-Athar al-Baqiya ‘an al-Qurun al-Khaliya
patron Mahmud of Ghazni
placeOfActivity Ghazni Province
surface form: Ghazni

Khwarezm
placeOfActivityPresentCountry Afghanistan
placeOfBirth Kath
placeOfBirthPresentCountry Uzbekistan
placeOfBirthRegion Khwarezm
religion Islam

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Persians notableScientist Al-Biruni
Islamic medicine keyFigure Al-Biruni
Islamic astronomy hasKeyFigure Al-Biruni
Islamic mathematics majorFigure Al-Biruni
Samanid Empire notableFigure Al-Biruni
this entity surface form: al-Biruni
Al-Biruni name Al-Biruni self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni
Khwarezmian documentedBy Al-Biruni
this entity surface form: al-Biruni
Transoxiana producedScholar Al-Biruni
Khwarezm producedScholar Al-Biruni
Thabit ibn Qurra influenced Al-Biruni
this entity surface form: al-Biruni
Kitab al-Saydalah author Al-Biruni
this entity surface form: al-Biruni