1. Taken to Ghazni

    · Ghazni, Afghanistan

    Taken to Ghazni
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    Following Mahmud of Ghazni's invasion of Khwarazm, al-Biruni was among the scholars brought to Ghazni, where he spent much of the rest of his life. The account qualifies whether the scholars were prisoners, but directly states that they were brought to Ghazni.

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