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Biography and setting
Al-Biruni is presented as astronomer, mathematician, comparative scholar associated with Khwarazm and Ghaznavid domains. The working chronology for this record is 362-440 AH / 973-1048 CE. A careful observer of geography, astronomy, chronology, and comparative cultures.
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362-440 AH / 973-1048 CE
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Astronomy and mathematics
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