Abu Reyhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni, known as Biruni (بیرونی), was an Iranian Khwarazmian polymath of the Islamic Golden Age. Well versed in physics, mathematics, astronomy and the natural sciences, he also distinguished himself as a historian, chronologist and linguist, and has been described as the first anthropologist and a founding figure in comparative religion, geodesy and Indology.
- Occupation
- philosopher, chemist, geographer, polymath
- Citizenship
- Samanid Empire
- Born
- September 4, 973
- Died
- December 9, 1048
