BĪRŪNĪ, ABŪ RAYḤĀN MOḤAMMAD b. Aḥmad (362/973- after 442/1050), scholar and polymath of the period of the late Samanids and early Ghaznavids and one of the two greatest intellectual figures of his time in the eastern lands of the Muslim world, the other being Ebn Sīnā (Avicenna, q.v.).

i. Life

ii. Bibliography

iii. Mathematics and astronomy

iv. Geography

v. Pharmacology and mineralogy

vi. History and chronology

vii. History of religions

viii. Indology

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Originally Published: December 15, 1989

Last Updated: December 15, 1989

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