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    <title>Brilliant Biruni</title>
    <subTitle>a life story of Abu Rayhan Mohammad Ibn Ahmad</subTitle>
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    <dateIssued>2009</dateIssued>
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    <extent>viii, 192 p. : map.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Village of Vasemereed, Khwarazam, south of Lake Aral, central Asia -- Into the darkness -- Into slavery -- Mulla Hasssan -- The ghuzz -- Yalldowz -- The escape -- Yalldowz again -- The people of Tammami -- Abu Nasr Mansur -- The Andalusians -- Debates -- Lady Rayhana (sweet basil) -- Political turmoil -- The wandering years -- The city of Gorgan -- Azarmidoukht -- Maria again --  Fruitful years -- The city of Ghazna -- India -- The end.</tableOfContents>
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  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 184-187) and index.</note>
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    <temporal>To 1500</temporal>
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