Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī
(????-1048)
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath
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Abu Rayhan al-Biruni (973 – after 1050) 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.
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| Born | Kath, Khwarezm, Afrighid dynasty (modern-day Uzbekistan) |
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1048 (aged ) Ghazni, Ghaznavid Empire (modern-day Afghanistan)
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