Al-Biruni at Qābūs's court, Gurgān

البيروني في بلاط قابوس بجرجان

c. 1000 CE · c. 390 AH† – c. 1000 CE · c. 390 AH† †

† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.

Jurjan

At Gurgān near the Caspian al-Bīrūnī joined Qābūs ibn Voshmgīr's court, met Ibn Sīnā there and exchanged a sharp philosophical correspondence with him, and dedicated his Chronology of Ancient Nations to Qābūs 1.

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The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era
Region
Persia & Central Asia
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99010001010 c.
The Buyid, Fatimid and Seljuk Era

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Jurjan

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Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
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Jurjan

People and things also explored

Ibn Sina travels west to Gorgan· Al-Biruni takes refuge at Bukhara· Ibn Sina enters Buyid service at Rayy· Ibn Sina withdraws to Khuzistan· Ibn Sina becomes vizier to Shams al-Dawla at Hamadan· Maḥmūd takes al-Bīrūnī to Ghazna· The Masʿūdic Canon dedicated· The book on India composed

Sources

  1. Al-Bīrūnī — Encyclopaedia Britannica
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