अलबेरूनी

• isaka asali nam 'abooraihan muhammad' tha, par prasiddh alaberooni nam se hi hai jisaka arth hota hai—ustad.
• alaberooni, jo 'aboorihan' nam se bhi jana jata tha, 973 ee. mean khvarijm (khiva) mean paida hua. 1017 ee. mean khvarijm ko mahamood gazanavi dvara jite jane par alaberooni ko usane 'raj jyotish' ke pad par niyukt kiya.
• bad mean mahamood ke sath alaberooni bharat aya. isane apani pustak ‘tahakik-e-hind‘ arthat kitabul hiand mean rajapootakalin samaj, dharm, ritirivaj adi par sundar prakash dala hai.
• yah sultan mahamood ki sena ke sath bharat aya tha aur anek varshoan tak bharat raha.
• alaberooni b da pratibha sampann vyakti tha. bharat akar isane sanskrit bhasha sikhi aur shastroan ka adhyayan kiya. apane adhyayan ka nicho d isane 'tahakik-e-hind' arthat bharat ki khoj namak pustak mean diya hai. isase musalamanoan ke akraman se pahale ki bharatiy sanskriti aur itihas ka parichay milata hai.
• alaberooni ki likhi huee anek pustakean ab prapt nahian haian.
• 'purani kaumoan ka itihas' namak prapt pustak usaki vidvata par achchha prakash dalati hai.