Al-Biruni

Al-Biruni

Al Biruni was born on September 4th, 973 in the Gregorian calendar/Dhul Qidah 29, 362 in the Hijiri calendar. He was born and lived in Khwarezm (modern-day Uzbekistan) for the first 25 years of his life. Throughout his life, he published 146 books (95 of which were about astronomy), calculated the radius of the Earth using trigonometry, and served three different Ghanzavid (empire) masters, Mahmud, Mas’ud, and Mawdud. While serving the Ghanzavid empire during their occupation of India, he wrote an all-encompassing book about the culture and history of India. He died sometime around December 13, 1048 or Jumada Al Akhira 28, 440

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September 4th, 973 CE or Qidah 29, 362 A.H

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December 13, 1048 CE or Jumada Al Akhira 28, 440

Historian, Author, Mathematician, and Astronomer