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Al-Biruni: An Iranian Mathematician and Polymath

On this day, 13 th December 1048, an Iranian mathematician, astronomer and polymath, Abu Rayhan Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Biruni was died in Ghazna (now Ghazni, Afganistan). He was a scholar and scientist from Tajikistan who was also among the most eminent figures and erudite men of his time. He spent most of his life outside of Khiva, his birthplace. He was kn…