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Original bdg. HC. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. [xxi], 453 p. Tahkîku mâ li'l-Hind: Birûnî'nin gözüyle Hindistan. Translated by Kivameddin Burslan. Prep. by Ali Ihsan Yitik. India through the eyes of Al-Birûnî Abu al-Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni. (Chorasmian/Persian: Abû Ray?ân Bêronî New Persian: Abu Ray?an Biruni (973-1048), was a Khwarezmian Iranian Muslim scholar and polymath. 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. He was conversant in Khwarezmian, Persian, Arabic, Sanskrit, and also knew Greek, Hebrew and Syriac. He spent a large part of his life in Ghazni in modern-day Afghanistan, capital of the Ghaznavid dynasty which was based in what is now central-eastern Afghanistan. In 1017 he traveled to the Indian subcontinent and authored "Tarikh Al-Hind" (History of India) after exploring the Hindu faith practised in India. He is given the titles the "founder of Indology". He was an impartial writer on custom and creeds of various nations, and was given the title al-Ustadh ("The Master") for his remarkable description of early 11th-century India. He also made contributions to Earth sciences, and is regarded as the "father of geodesy" for his important contributions to that field, along with his significant contributions to geography. TRAVEL Middle East Medieval Islam Islamic world India Memoirs.