Born in the 10th century in Iran’s Khorasan, Abu Rayhan al-Biruni was a Muslim astronomer, mathematician, ethnographer, anthropologist, historian, and geographer. In his poem preserved in a medieval ...

Abu Rayhan al-Biruni was an icon of Islamic Civilization who explored various religions, beliefs, rituals, customs, philosophies, and sciences to build perspectives on human growth throughout history.

PM Imran Khan speaks at the inauguration of the Al-Biruni Radius at Nandana Fort in Jhelum, Pakistan, February 28, 2021. Twitter/Prime Minister's Office PM Imran Khan launches Al-Biruni Radius, a ...

Little is known of the early life of the Iranian scholar and polymath Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni; however, as the name suggests he was born in Beruniy, a small city in Uzbekistan in Western Central Asia ...

Born in Kath, Khwarezm – a region that today would be cover parts of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan – Abu Raihan Muhammad al-Biruni was a man of many scientific talents. His extensive ...

Born on September 4, 973 AD, Al-Biruni was also an ethnographer, anthropologist, historian, and geographer. He became the most original polymath the Islamic world had ever known. As the name suggests, ...

INDIA (Kitabul Hind) by Al-Biruni is an abridged edition of famous German scholar Dr. Edward C. Sachau’s (1845-1930) English translation edited with an introduction and notes by Qeyamuddin Ahmad and ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his 11th-century book India, one of the first scholarly works about the country. Show more Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss ...

Born in the 10th century in Iran’s Khorasan, Al-Biruni was also an ethnographer, anthropologist, historian, and geographer. He became the most original polymath the Islamic world had ever known.