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Abai Qunanbaiuly

1845 - 1904

Abai Qunanbaiuly

Ibrahim (Abai) Qunanbaiūly (Kazakh: Ибраһим (Абай) Құнанбайұлы, Kazakh pronunciation: [ɑbɑj qo̙nɑnbɑjo̙ɫɯ] ; Russian: Абай Кунанбаев; 10 August [O.S. 29 July] 1845 – 6 July [O.S. 23 June] 1904) was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abai Qunanbaiuly has received more than 309,386 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Abai Qunanbaiuly is the 553rd most popular writer (down from 506th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (up from 166th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Kazakhstani Writer.

Abai Kunanbayuly is most famous for his epic poem, "Kutadgu Bilig" (or "Wisdom of Royal Glory"), which is the longest surviving work in the Turkic language.

Memorability Metrics

310k
Page Views (PV)
65.60
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
48
Languages Editions (L)
2.50
Effective Languages (L*)
4.73
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abai Qunanbaiuly ranks 553 out of 5,755. Before him are Heinrich Mann, Luo Guanzhong, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Georg Trakl, Denis of Portugal, and Mihai Eminescu. After him are Longus, Paul Lafargue, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Alfred Döblin, Wang Wei, and Faxian.

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HPI: 65.74
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HPI: 65.67
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HPI: 65.54
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Abai Qunanbaiuly ranks 13. Before him are Gabriel Lippmann, Carl Spitteler, Amadeo I of Spain, Élie Metchnikoff, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, and Ludwig III of Bavaria. After him are Paul Vidal de La Blache, Edmond James de Rothschild, Nikola Pašić, George Darwin, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and Ion Ivanovici. Among people deceased in 1904, Abai Qunanbaiuly ranks 13. Before him are Friedrich Ratzel, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Eadweard Muybridge, and Gabriel Tarde. After him are George, King of Saxony, Henri Fantin-Latour, Paul Kruger, Lafcadio Hearn, Émile Gallé, and Étienne-Jules Marey.

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Gabriel Lippmann
1845 - 1921
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 7
Carl Spitteler
1845 - 1924
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 8
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1845 - 1890
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 9
Élie Metchnikoff
1845 - 1916
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 10
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran
1845 - 1922
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 11
Ludwig III of Bavaria
1845 - 1921
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 12
Abai Qunanbaiuly
1845 - 1904
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 13
Paul Vidal de La Blache
1845 - 1918
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 14
Edmond James de Rothschild
1845 - 1934
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 15
Nikola Pašić
1845 - 1926
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 16
George Darwin
1845 - 1912
HPI: 61.49
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Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
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HPI: 61.41
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Ion Ivanovici
1845 - 1902
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 19