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Maḥmūd takes al-Bīrūnī to Ghazna

محمود الغزنوي يأخذ البيروني إلى غزنة

c. 1017 CE · c. 408 AH† – c. 1017 CE · c. 408 AH† †

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

Ghazna

Sultan Maḥmūd made Ghazna his capital in 998 and summoned al-Bīrūnī and Avicenna to his court; Avicenna escaped, but al-Bīrūnī lived at Ghazna the rest of his life apart from Maḥmūd's campaigns into northern India 1.

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

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Ghazna

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Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad
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Ghazna

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The Masʿūdic Canon dedicated· The book on India composed· Al-Biruni, Muhammad ibn Ahmad· Ghazna· Al-Biruni at Qābūs's court, Gurgān· Al-Biruni takes refuge at Bukhara· al-Duz takes Ghazna· death of Ghiyath al-Din, king of Ghur

Sources

  1. Al-Bīrūnī — Encyclopaedia Britannica
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The Masʿūdic Canon dedicated

Al-Bīrūnī dedicated the Masʿūdic Canon — his encyclopaedic astronomical work gathering and updating Ptolemy's Almagest and Handy Tables with original contributions — to Masʿūd, son of Maḥmūd of Ghazna.