Al-Biruni
Videos
Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni, known as al-Biruni was a Khwarazmian Iranic scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He has been called variously "Father of Comparative Religion",
An imaginary rendition of Al Biruni on a 1973 Soviet postage stamp
An illustration from al-Biruni's astronomical works in Persian, explains the different phases of the Moon, with respect to the position of the Sun
Four directions and political divisions of Iran by Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī
The statue of Al-Biruni in United Nations Office in Vienna
Khwarazm
Videos
Khwarazm, or Chorasmia, is a large oasis region on the Amu Darya river delta in western Central Asia, bordered on the north by the Aral Sea, on the east by the Kyzylkum Desert, on the south by the Kar
Al-Biruni
…Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni, known as al-Biruni (c. 973 – c. 1050) was a Khwarazmian Iranic scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He has been called variously "Father of Comparative Religion", "Father of modern geodesy…
Chorasmian fresco from Kazakly-Yatkan (fortress of Akcha-Khan Kala), 1st century BCE-2nd century AD.
Chilpyk Zoroastrian Tower of Silence (Dakhma), 1st century BCE – 1st century AD
Xerxes I tomb, Choresmian soldier circa 470 BCE.
Koi Krylgan Kala fortress (4th–3rd century BCE)