Бируни = Biruni [Al-Biruni]

Moskva: Molodaia gvardiia, 1986. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Small octavo with grey spine and green and white pictorial boards; 302 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations; 21 cm. Very good (+); striking cover design with sturdy binding and clean pages; some foxing to upper edge of book block; faint shelfwear and edgewear; miniscule pencil writing on rear of boards. Hardcover.

In Russian. Abu Rayhan Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Biruni al-Biruni, "was a Khwarazmian Iranian scholar and polymath during the Islamic Golden Age. He has been called variously "Father of Comparative Religion", "Father of modern geodesy", Founder of Indology and the first anthropologist." (--Wikipedia)

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