Abu Rayhan

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Abu Rayhan was the honorific name of Al-Biruni, a renowned 11th-century Persian polymath known for his influential works in astronomy, mathematics, geography, and comparative religion.

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Abu Rayhan canonical 1
al-Biruni 1

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instanceOf astronomer
comparative religion scholar
encyclopedist
geographer
historian
mathematician
philosopher
physicist
polymath
scholar of Islam
approach critical comparison of sources
empirical observation
associatedWith Ghaznavid court
linked to: Ghaznavid Empire

Mahmud of Ghazni
birthDate 973
birthPlace Kath
Khwarezm
present-day Uzbekistan
compared Greek and Indian astronomy
Indian religions and philosophies
contributedTo calendrical calculations
history of religions
spherical trigonometry
deathDate 1048
deathPlace Ghaznavid Empire
Ghazni
developed methods for measuring Earth’s radius
era Islamic Golden Age
ethnicity Persian
fieldOfWork Indology
astronomy
comparative religion
geodesy
geography
history
mathematics
mineralogy
pharmacology
fullName Abū Rayḥān Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Bīrūnī
linked to: Al-Biruni
givenName Muhammad
linked to: Mohammad
honorificNameOf Al-Biruni
influenced later Islamic astronomers
medieval European scholars
knownFor early use of scientific method
precise astronomical observations
studies of India
works on astronomy
works on comparative religion
works on geography
works on mathematics
language Arabic
Persian
notableWork Chronology of Ancient Nations
Kitab al-Hind
Kitab al-Qanun al-Masudi
Tahqiq ma li-l-Hind
al-Athar al-Baqiyah ‘an al-Qurun al-Khaliyah
al-Qanun al-Masudi
proposed near-accurate value for Earth’s radius
region Khwarezm
religion Islam
usedMethod trigonometry for geodesy

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Al-Biruni givenName Abu Rayhan
Mahmud of Ghazni patronOf al-Biruni
linked to: Abu Rayhan