Al-Biruni - In Our Time (BBC)

Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Central Asian polymath al-Biruni and his eleventh-century book the India.
Born in around 973 in the central Asian region of Chorasmia, al-Biruni became an itinerant scholar of immense learning, a master of mathematics, medicine, astronomy and many languages.
He corresponded with the age's greatest scientist, Avicenna, and made significant contributions to many fields of knowledge. In 1017 al-Biruni became a member of the court of the ruler Mahmud of Ghazna.
Over the course of the next thirteen years he wrote the India, a comprehensive account of Hindu culture which was the first book about India by a Muslim scholar. It contains detailed information about Hindu religion, science and everyday life which have caused some to call it the first work of anthropology.
With:
James Montgomery - Professor of Classical Arabic at the University of Cambridge
Hugh Kennedy - Professor of Arabic in the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London
Amira Bennison - Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge
Thomas Morris - Producer

[@Wakobear.]

Fascinating

[@sikandermallu]

I could listen to Amira Bennison perfectly and accurately pronounce people's names and place names for hours.

[@sharleenesfahani3480]

He was Iranian/persian not Indian

[@fnstechno]

So indeed give credit to his original work instead of focusing on Indo and/or Greek influence if you are to talk about a person. It somehow feels that all he did was translated Indian and Greek work.

[@mohammadnaif9894]

I can smell jeleosy

[@darasalam8176]

@@mohammadnaif9894 Persian likes to steal Turkish scientists and poets like Rumi Burundi lived during Seljuks Empire where today’s Iran was under Turkish tule. If you had know the history where the region was under Turks. There is a reason why 50% of Iran population is Türk! Don’t you think?? Learn Turkish history dude! Like Hazem’i, Ibni Sina, Rumi. 🤥🤥🤥Buruni is a Seljuk Türk th-cam.com/video/BwQINDPHbFk/w-d-xo.html

[@canido1610]

He is a father of Hinduism

[@fnstechno]

Why is it so difficult for some of you that Biruni did indeed went into India ( of course Indus Valley since y'all named the entire region based on Indus Valley erroneously)