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ʿAbd al-Qādir Badāʾūnī
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Born 1540 • India
Died c.1615 • India
Notable Works “Kitāb al-Ḥadīth” • “Muntakhab al-tawārīkh”
Subjects Of Study Muhammad • India • Islam
Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan
Muslim scholar
Abul Kalam Azad
Abul Kalam Azad
Indian theologian
Aga Khan III
Nizārī imam
Bana
Indian writer
Mahadev Govind Ranade
Indian politician
Sayyid Amir Ali
Indian political leader
Thomas Babington Macaulay, detail of an oil painting by J. Partridge, 1840; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron Macaulay
English politician and author
Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th earl of Minto
British official
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, sepia drawing by George Frederick Watts; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, 1st Baronet
British law scholar
Ctesias
Greek physician and historian
Megasthenes
Greek historian
Sanjay Gandhi
Indian politician
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian leader
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
prime minister of India
Amit Shah
Amit Shah
Indian politician
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Mohammed Ali Jinnah
Pakistani governor-general
Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi
prime minister of India
Indian writer Khushwant Singh in his study
Khushwant Singh
Indian writer
Parkash Singh Badal
Parkash Singh Badal
Indian politician

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