Today in Islamic History

Births

0973 (1053 years ago)

(4 September) Muslim scholar and polymath, Abu Rayhan al-Beruni, was born in Beruniy, Khwarezm, Khorasan (now in modern-day Uzbekistan).

Deaths

1063 (963 years ago)

(4 September) The founder and the first Sultan of the Great Seljuk Empire, Tughril Beg, died in Rey, Iran.

Events

1746 (280 years ago)

(4 September) The Treaty of Kerden was concluded between the Ottoman Empire and Afsharid Iran, ending the Ottoman–Persian War.