Who was Al Biruni?
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Al Biruni
His full name is Abu Rayhan Al Biruni. He was a very original and profound thinker. Persian Muslim thinker Abu Rayhan al-Biruni. He spent most of his life in Central Asia. At the age of 20, he started traveling for enlightenment. For three years he traveled all over Persia and studied under various scholars and acquired knowledge on various subjects. In AD 998 he settled in Jurjan (now ‘Gurgan’, a city in northern Iran). For the next 10 years of his life, he lived in this small town in northern Iran. Continue your research, write books and keep learning. Al-Biruni was a pioneer of geology. He collected and tested hundreds of different metals and gemstones. Al Biruni was also proficient in mathematics, astrophysics, chemistry and natural sciences. In the eleventh century, al-Biruni made new and significant progress in his colorful works and research on various subjects. He discovered how the earth rotates in its orbit. Introduced a new field of study called mechanics by integrating statics and dynamics.
He is recognized as the greatest of the age for his independent thinking, open mind, courage, fearless critic and correct opinion. Al Biruni was the first to draw the attention of Muslim thinkers to the knowledge of the East, especially the knowledge of India. Professor Mapa said about him, Al-Biruni was not only one of the best scholars of the Muslim world but also one of the world’s best scholars. According to European scholars, Al Biruni was an encyclopedia himself. His books were a reservoir of knowledge. Indian scholars used to call Al Biruni the ocean of knowledge. The vast library of laws written by him is divided into 11 volumes. Which is dedicated to Sultan Masood. Realizing the importance of the book, Sultan Mas’ud was happy and gave Al Biruni a silver gift equal to the weight of an elephant. But he did not accept it and expressed outward satisfaction and returned all the silver to the treasury.
Al Biruni wrote a total of 114 books during his lifetime. Of which he has completed 103 books. The rest are left incomplete. A hall is named after him at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh.