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For example, he made important observations on the nature of light and heat that were the result of his long correspondence with Avicenna. "The Science of Al-Biruni"[archive]. Journal of Near Eastern Studies. excerpt from page 157: "his native language was the Khwarizmian dialect"

  • ↑ 12.012.112.2D.J.

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    History and Chronology" in Encyclopaedia Iranica

  • ↑François de Blois,"BĪRŪNĪ, ABŪ RAYḤĀN vii. Different forts and landmarks were able to be located, legitimizing Al-Biruni's contributions with their usefulness to even modern history and archeology.[57]

    The dispassionate account of Hinduism given by Al-Biruni was remarkable for its time.

    excerpt from page 112: "Although his native Khwarezmian was also an Iranian language, he rejected the emerging neo-Persian literature of his time (Firdawsi), preferring Arabic instead as the only adequate medium of science.";

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  • ↑BĪRŪNĪ, ABŪ RAYḤĀN. in Teheran. 2.
  • ↑Al-Biruni, D.J.

    Boilet, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. I, ed. Brill Archive. Hindus considered Muslims violent and impure, and did not want to share anything with them. His contribution was such that many scholars put him on a par with or even higher than the great Avicenna.

    Life

    Al Biruni was born on September 15, 973 in the city of Kath (in present-day Uzbekistan), in Corasmia.

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  • ↑Yasin, , Mohammad.
    “ In our time the word is pronounced Biruni (or Beerooni), e.g. History of Religions" in Encyclopaedia Iranica
  • ↑Rosenthal, 1976, p. 10
  • ↑Ataman, 2005
  • ↑Ahmed, Akbar S. (1984). Biruni also came up with different hypotheses about heat and light.[20]

    Geography

    See also: History of geodesy § Al-Biruni

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    Bīrūnī also devised his own method of determining the radius of the earth by means of the observation of the height of a mountain and carried it out at Nandana in Pind Dadan Khan in Pakistan.[42] He was heavily interested in the workings of the earth and included research about the planet in many of his works.