. "1048Z"^^ . "Biruni, Abu Rayhan"@en . "0973Z"^^ . . "0973-09-05Z"^^ . . "1048-12-13Z"^^ . . . . . "Ab\u016B al-Rayh\u0101n Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-B\u012Br\u016Bn\u012B (Chorasmian/Persian: \u0627\u0628\u0648\u0631\u06CC\u062D\u0627\u0646 \u0628\u06CC\u0631\u0648\u0646\u06CC\u200E\u200E Ab\u016B Ray\u1E25\u0101n B\u0113r\u014Dn\u012B; New Persian: Ab\u016B Ray\u1E25\u0101n B\u012Br\u016Bn\u012B) (4/5 September 973 \u2013 13 December 1048), known as Al-Biruni (Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0628\u064A\u0631\u0648\u0646\u064A\u200E) in English, was a Persian scholar and Polymath from the Khwarezm region.Al-Biruni is regarded as one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic era and was well versed in physics, mathematics, astronomy, and natural sciences, and also distinguished himself as a historian, chronologist and linguist. "@en . "Islamic polymath" .