Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Through the Eyes of Travellers

Question:

Who among the following traveller came from Uzbekistan?

Options:

Ibn Battuta

Mahmud Wali Balkhi

Ahmad Abu Raihan al-Biruni

Abd al-Razzaq

Correct Answer:

Ahmad Abu Raihan al-Biruni

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (3) → Ahmad Abu Raihan al-Biruni

Ahmad Abu Raihan al-Biruni (Al-Biruni) who came from Uzbekistan wrote the book Kitab Ul-Hind.

Al-Biruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in present-day Uzbekistan. Khwarizm was an important centre of learning, and Al-Biruni received the best education available at the time. He was well versed in several languages: Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew and Sanskrit. Although he did not know Greek, he was familiar with the works of Plato and other Greek philosophers, having read them in Arabic translations. In 1017, when Sultan Mahmud invaded Khwarizm, he took several scholars and poets back to his capital, Ghazni; Al-Biruni was one of them. He arrived in Ghazni as a hostage, but gradually developed a liking for the city, where he spent the rest of his life until his death at the age of 70.