Al-Khwarizmi was not Arab; he was from Khwarizm which is not
part of Arab world. Although he wrote is Arabic. He was a
Persian; however, Arabs called him "Al-Khwarizmi", "the man
from Khwarizm".
Best wishes
Arsham
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Dr. Hossein Arsham
Wright Distinguished Research Professor
of Management Science & Statistics,
Business Center,
University of Baltimore,
Baltimore, MD, 21201-5779, USA.
Tel: 410 837 5268,
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John Bibby wrote:
> ...
> Al-B and Al-K (Al-Biruni and Al-Khwarizmi) were two prominent Arab
> mathematicians from Khwarizm (Khorezmskaya), the region south of the
> Aral sea. They were both central figures in developing the decimal
> number system that we use today, and in bringing it to the West.
> ...