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al-Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad (Abū al-Rayḥān), 972‒1048, 972‒1048


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Language

Persian, Modern, after 800  —  Arabic

Gender

Male

Date of birth

  • 972-973 Gregorian

    Ḏū al-Ḥiǧǧa 362 Hegirian

Place of birth

Kāṯ, Empire perse

Place of birth

كاث، بلاد فارس

Place of birth

Kāṯ

Date of death

  • 1048-1049 Gregorian

    Raǧab 440 Hegirian

Place of death

Ġazna, Empire perse

Place of death

غزنة، بلاد فارس

Place of death

Ġazna

Nationality

Uzbekistan

Profession

Philosophe  —  Savant  —  Mathématicien  —  Astronome  —  Médecin  —  Linguiste  —  Historien  —  Géographe

Profession

حكيم  —  رياضي  —  قلكي  —  طبيب  —  أديب  —  لغوي  —  مؤرخ  —  فيزيائي  —  جغرافي

Profession

Scholar.- Geographer.- Historian.- Linguist.- Teacher.- Astrologist

Activity

Philosophie  —  Sciences naturelles  —  Mathématiques  —  Astronomie  —  Médecine  —  Linguistique  —  Histoire  —  Géographie

Activity

الرياضيات  —  الفلك  —  الطب  —  التاريخ  —  الأدب  —  الفيزياء  —  الجغرافيا والرحلات  —  علوم اللغة  —  الفلك والتنجيم

Activity

Mathematics.- Astronomy.- Pysics.- Natural sciences.- Geography.- History.- Chronology.- Linguistics

Residence

Ǧurǧān, Empire perse  —  Rayy, Empire perse  —  Ġazna, Empire perse  —  Inde  —  Kāṯ, Empire perse

Residence

خوارزم، بلاد فارس  —  كاث، بلاد فارس  —  غزنة، بلاد فارس  —  بلاد الهند  —  جرجان، بلاد فارس

Residence

Ǧurǧān  —  Rayy  —  Ġazna  —  Kāṯ

Biography

  • One of the greatest scholar of medieval Islam.- He came from an Iranian family and wrote both in Persian and in Arabic.- He served many different leaders as : the Sāmānid sultan Manṣūr II b. Nūh, the prince of Ǧurǧāniyya Abū l-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. Maʾmūn, the Ḫārizmšāh Abū l-ʿAbbās Maʾmūn b. Maʾmūn and the Ġaznavwid sultan Maḥmud b. Subuktakīn.- He was responsible for some tricky political missions at the court of Ǧurǧāniyya.- After the murder of the Ḫārizmšāh and the conquest of the country by the Ġaznavwid sultan in 1017, he was brought to the court of Ġazna.- There he was probably the official astrologist.- He went with the sultan in military expeditions in India and there, he taught greek sciences and collected in a book a great amount of datas and knowledges on India.- He wrote a lot

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Webography
Bibliography

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Updated at 23-11-2022 by René Guérin du Grandlaunay (Commissio Leonina)


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Publication | 399

Production | 216

Social network of this agent | 4

Collaborator | 105