al-Biruni
Iranian scholar and polymath
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Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni, 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... Wikipedia
Born: September 4, 973 AD, Beruniy, Uzbekistan
Died: December 13, 1048 (age 75 years), Ghazni, Afghanistan
Influenced by: al-Battani, Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani, Abu Nasr Mansur, and more
Nationality: Iranian
Full name: Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
Parents: Abu-Jafar Ahmad Ibn Ali Andijani and Mehraneh
