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    Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni /ælbɪˈruːni/ (Persian: ابوریحان بیرونی; Arabic: أبو الريحان البيروني; 973 – after 1050), known as al-Biruni, was a Khwarazmian...
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    Al-Biruni's India (Arabic: تحقيق ما للهند من مقولة مقبولة في العقل أو مرذولة, romanized: Taḥqīq mā li-l-hind min maqūla maqbūla fī l-ʿaql aw mardhūla,...
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  • Information". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2022-01-15. biruni.tuik.gov.tr https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=tr. Retrieved 2022-10-08....
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  • Al-Biruni was a medieval polymath. Al-Biruni may also refer to: Al-Beroni University in Afghanistan Al-Biruni (crater), a lunar crater 9936 Al-Biruni, an...
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    Biruni Island (Bulgarian: остров Бируни, romanized: ostrov Biruni, IPA: [ˈɔstrov biˈruni]) is the rocky island off the north coast of Elephant Island in...
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    al-Biruni wrote, al-Razi rewarded him for his intentions and sent him back home, proclaiming that his final days were approaching. According to Biruni,...
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    day of celebration, and (at least in the 10th century, as recorded by Al-Biruni), the festival of the first day of Dae month was known as Ḵorram-ruz (joyful...
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    Avicenna (redirect from Al-Biruni Ibn Sina)
    Nizami Aruzi described how before ibn Sina left Khwarazm, he had met al-Biruni (a scientist and astronomer), Abu Nasr Mansur (a renowned mathematician)...
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    9936 Al-Biruni, provisional designation 1986 PN4, is a carbonaceous asteroid from the outer region of the asteroid belt, approximately 24 kilometers in...
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  • Israel Central Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 21 March 2024. biruni.tuik.gov.tr https://biruni.tuik.gov.tr/medas/?kn=95&locale=tr. Retrieved 2022-10-11....
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    "the cradle of the Aryan tribe" (مهد قوم آریا). The Khwarezmian scholar Al-Biruni (973–1048) says that the land belonging to the mythical king Afrasiab was...
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  • primarily on the earliest known written references of Abhinavagupta and Al-Biruni, academics estimate the date of origin of the Bhagavata Purana to be between...
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    Al-Biruni is an impact crater that lies on the far side of the Moon, just beyond the eastern limb. This portion of the surface is sometimes brought into...
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    others such as Abu Nasr Mansur, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Kushyar Gilani and al-Biruni. In Baghdad, he received patronage from members of the Buyid court. Abu...
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    original launch site atop a mountain. Although several sources (e.g. al-Biruni) appear to have considered 'Arash' to be the origin of the name 'Arshak'...
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    Rogeriana), while other geographers such as Yaqut al-Hamawi, Abu Rayhan Biruni, Ibn Battuta, and Ibn Khaldun provided detailed accounts of their journeys...
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    to Islam is also Al-Biruni. Part of the reason for the gap in information about this dynasty is mentioned by Al-Biruni. Al-Biruni states: When Qutaibah...
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    of these South Arabian calendars followed the lunisolar system. Both al-Biruni and al-Mas'udi suggest that the ancient Arabs used the same month names...
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  • translations, Al Biruni's text has significant differences from Yogasutra manuscripts discovered in India during the 19th century. Al Biruni's record has helped...
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    but this has never happened in more than 40 years under this system. Al-Biruni first subdivided the hour sexagesimally into minutes, seconds, thirds and...
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    Zayd al-Balkhī (founder of the "Balkhi school"), Al-Masudi, Abu Rayhan Biruni and Muhammad al-Idrisi. Islamic geography was patronized by the Abbasid...
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    into a pretext to annex the building. Ultimately, Muslim scholars like Al-Biruni found few records left of the belief of for instance the Khawarizmians because...
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    Ishaq al-Kindi, circa 800 CE – 873 CE) and al-Biruni (full name Abu al-Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni, circa 973 CE – 1048 CE) both wrote about swords...
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  • (a 60th of a 60th of a second), used in astronomical calculations by al-Biruni and Roger Bacon in 1000 and 1267 AD, respectively. 490 microseconds – time...
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  • Abu l-Hasan 'Ali (d. 1037) Ibn Sina (d. 1037) Ibn al-Haytham (d. 1040) Al-Bīrūnī (d. 1048) Ali ibn Ridwan (d. 1061) Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (d. 1087)...
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    is both a Sanskrit and Avestan word. The word later changed to Kābul. Al-Biruni a Persian polymath also called it "the River of Ghorwand". The Kabul River...
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    Khorasan, and Arak. It is widely attested by historians such as Gardezi, Biruni, and Masudi, as well as European travelers during the Safavid era. The celebration...
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    in astrological texts of the early medieval Arabic period, such as al-Biruni's 11th-century Book of Instruction in the Elements of the Art of Astrology...
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    "BĪRŪNĪ, ABŪ RAYḤĀN – Encyclopaedia Iranica". www.iranicaonline.org. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019. BĪRŪNĪ, ABŪ...
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    This is a summary of the 11th century in science and technology. Al-Biruni is regarded as one of the greatest scholars of 11th century and was well versed...
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