Al-Biruni’s Contribution to the History of Religions

Volume: 10 Number: 3 December 17, 2014
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Al-Biruni’s Contribution to the History of Religions

Abstract

Al-Biruni who lived in the tenth and eleventh centuries and known as Alberonius in the West is regarded as one of the greatest scholars of the medieval Islamic world. He has important studies in many fields like as-tronomy, mathematics, geometry, medicine, pharmacy, science, religions, sects, philology, history and geography. In addition to Arabic, Turkish and Persian, Biruni knew many languages such as Hebrew, Greek, Syriac and Sanskrit. But he used Arabic language in his works. He has worked with Ibn Sina, Ibn Abu Nasr Miskawayh. Biruni acted rationally, kept rational-ity at the forefront, and avoided prejudice in his works. Number of works of Biruni is around one hundred and eighty. But only twenty seven of these works have survived until today. The most important works of him in the History of Religions are “El-Âsâru’l-Bâkiye ani’l-Kurûni’l-Hâliye” and “Tahkîk mâ li’l-Hind’. This article will focus on the Biruni's contributions to the History of Religions.

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Turkish

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Publication Date

December 17, 2014

Submission Date

January 6, 2015

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Published in Issue

Year 2013 Volume: 10 Number: 3

APA
Günay, N. (2014). Bîrûnî’nin Dinler Tarihi’ne Katkısı. Milel Ve Nihal, 10(3), 85-110. https://izlik.org/JA45MF53MD
AMA
1.Günay N. Bîrûnî’nin Dinler Tarihi’ne Katkısı. Milel ve Nihal. 2014;10(3):85-110. https://izlik.org/JA45MF53MD
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Günay, Nasuh. 2014. “Bîrûnî’nin Dinler Tarihi’ne Katkısı”. Milel Ve Nihal 10 (3): 85-110. https://izlik.org/JA45MF53MD.
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Günay N (December 1, 2014) Bîrûnî’nin Dinler Tarihi’ne Katkısı. Milel ve Nihal 10 3 85–110.
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[1]N. Günay, “Bîrûnî’nin Dinler Tarihi’ne Katkısı”, Milel ve Nihal, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 85–110, Dec. 2014, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA45MF53MD
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Günay, Nasuh. “Bîrûnî’nin Dinler Tarihi’ne Katkısı”. Milel ve Nihal 10/3 (December 1, 2014): 85-110. https://izlik.org/JA45MF53MD.
JAMA
1.Günay N. Bîrûnî’nin Dinler Tarihi’ne Katkısı. Milel ve Nihal. 2014;10:85–110.
MLA
Günay, Nasuh. “Bîrûnî’nin Dinler Tarihi’ne Katkısı”. Milel Ve Nihal, vol. 10, no. 3, Dec. 2014, pp. 85-110, https://izlik.org/JA45MF53MD.
Vancouver
1.Nasuh Günay. Bîrûnî’nin Dinler Tarihi’ne Katkısı. Milel ve Nihal [Internet]. 2014 Dec. 1;10(3):85-110. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA45MF53MD