Al-Biruni, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Al-Biruni

Persian scholar and polymath

Date of Birth: 05-Sep-0973

Date of Death: 09-Dec-1048

Profession: astronomer, writer, pharmacist, astrologer, physicist, mathematician, historian, polymath, translator, chemist, geographer, cartographer, anthropologist, philosopher, linguist, Indologist

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Al-Biruni

  • Abu Ray?an Mu?ammad ibn A?mad Al-Biruni (Persian: ???????? ???? ?? ???? ????????? Abu Ray?an Beroni; New Persian: Abu Ray?an Biruni) (973–after 1050), known as Biruni (Persian: ???????) or Al-Biruni (Arabic: ?????????) in English language, was an Iranian scholar and polymath.
  • He was from Khwarazm – a region which encompasses modern-day western Uzbekistan, and northern Turkmenistan. Biruni 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.
  • He studied almost all fields of science and was compensated for his research and strenuous work.
  • Royalty and powerful members of society sought out Al-Biruni to conduct research and study to uncover certain findings.
  • He lived during the Islamic Golden Age.
  • In addition to this type of influence, Al-Biruni was also influenced by other nations, such as the Greeks, who he took inspiration from when he turned to studies of philosophy.
  • He was conversant in Khwarezmian, Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, and also knew Greek, Hebrew and Syriac.
  • He spent much of his life in Ghazni, then capital of the Ghaznavid dynasty, in modern-day central-eastern Afghanistan.
  • In 1017 he travelled to the Indian subcontinent and authored a study of Indian culture Tarikh Al-Hind (History of India) after exploring the Hindu faith practiced in India.
  • He was given the title "founder of Indology".
  • He was an impartial writer on customs and creeds of various nations, and was given the title al-Ustadh ("The Master") for his remarkable description of early 11th-century India.

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