Identify the correct statements regarding Al-Biruni:

(A) Al-Biruni was well versed in several languages: Persian, Hebrew, Sanskrit etc.
(B) Al-Biruni was born in Syria.
(C) Al-Biruni was familiar with the work of Plato and other Greek philosophers.
(D) Al-Biruni read their work in Arabic translations.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(A), (C) and (D) only

The correct answer is Option (4) → (A), (C) and (D) only

(A) Al-Biruni was well versed in several languages: Persian, Hebrew, Sanskrit etc. (Correct).He was well versed in several languages: Syriac, Arabic, Persian, Hebrew and Sanskrit. Although he did not know Greek, he was famili
(B) Al-Biruni was born in Syria. (Incorrect). Al-Biruni was born in 973, in Khwarizm in present day Uzbekistan.
(C) Al-Biruni was familiar with the work of Plato and other Greek philosophers. (Correct). Although he did not know Greek, he was familiar with the works of Plato and other Greek philosophers, having read them in Arabic translations.
(D) Al-Biruni read their work in Arabic translations. (Correct)