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Al-Biruni
Al-Biruni was a Khwarazmian scholar born near Kath and one of the greatest minds of the medieval Islamic world. He wrote on astronomy, mathematics, geography, chronology and pharmacology, estimated the Earth's radius, and after travelling to India with Mahmud of Ghazni wrote a detailed study of Indian religion and science. His Chronology of Ancient Nations preserves much of what is known of the Afrighid dynasty.
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