Who was AI - Biruni?
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Abu Rayhan al-Biruni was an Iranian scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He has been called variously the "founder of Indology", "Father of Comparative Religion", "Father of modern geodesy", and the first anthropologist.
Born: 5 September 973 AD, Beruni, Uzbekistan
Died: 13 December 1048, Ghazni, Afghanistan
Nationality: Iranian
Full name: Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
Influenced by: Ibn Sina, Muhammad, Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi, Ptolemy, Aristotle,
Parents: Ahmad Al-Biruni, Mehraneh
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- Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni commonly known as al-Biruni, was a Khwarazmian Iranian scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He has been called variously the "founder of Indology", "Father of Comparative Religion", "Father of modern geodesy", and the first anthropologist.
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