1. Death at Ghazni

    · Ghazni, Afghanistan

    Death at Ghazni
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    The canonical English Wikipedia biography records al-Biruni's death at Ghazni on this date. Other scholarly accounts report uncertainty and have proposed a different day in December 1048. The exact death date is disputed: Encyclopaedia Iranica notes uncertainty and reports a proposed date of 11 December 1048.

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