Al-Biruni
11th-century Persian scholar and polymath
Born 4 September AD 973 · died 9 December 1048, aged 75
Who was alive at the same time as Al-Biruni?
When Al-Biruni was born, Ferdowsi was 33.
Born during Al-Biruni’s lifetime: Avicenna, William the Conqueror, Urban II and Anselm of Canterbury.
Not quite contemporaries: Al-Ghazali was born 6 years after Al-Biruni died and Otto I the Great died months before Al-Biruni was born.