* 15 September 0973, † 13 December 1048
Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni was born on 15 September 973 in Kath, Khwarazm (now Kara-Kalpakskaya, Uzbekistan). Al-Biruni is one of the major figures of Islamic mathematics. He contributed to astronomy, mathematics, physics, medicine and history. Abu Arrayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni died on 13 December 1048 in Ghazna (now Ghazni, Afganistan).
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