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Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf

750 - 808

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Abu al-Fadl Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (Arabic: عباس بن الأحنف) (750 in Basra-809), was an Arab Abbasid poet from the tribe of Banu Hanifa. His work consists solely of love poems (ghazal). It is "primarily concerned with the hopelessness of love, and the personae in his compositions seems resigned to a relationship of deprivation". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf has received more than 39,658 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf is the 4,773rd most popular writer (down from 3,971st in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 276th in 2019) and the 27th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.37

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  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf ranks 4,773 out of 7,302. Before him are Peter Scholl-Latour, Abdulla Shaig, Richard Wagner, Susan Brownmiller, Zahrad, and Philippe Djian. After him are Katarina Frostenson, Xaviera Hollander, Anna Enquist, Axel Bakunts, Gloria E. Anzaldúa, and Roger Vitrac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 750, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf ranks 20. Before him are Cuthred of Wessex, Æthelheard of Wessex, Sigeberht of Wessex, Gisulf II of Benevento, Theodore Abu Qurrah, and Liutprand of Benevento. After him are Alboin of Spoleto, Eanred of Northumbria, and Alhred of Northumbria. Among people deceased in 808, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf ranks 1. After him is Ælfwald II of Northumbria.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf ranks 316 out of 384. Before him are En-anna-tum I (-2500), Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur (-1200), Akurgal (-2600), Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (1952), Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (1948), and Mullah Krekar (1956). After him are Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1931), David Sassoon (1792), Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (1967), Avi Shlaim (1945), Shlomo Hillel (1923), and Puzur-Ashur I (-2050).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf ranks 27. Before him are Abdullah Goran (1904), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), and Jacob of Serugh (451). After him are Ahmet Haşim (1887), Abu Isa al-Warraq (null), and Muhsin al-Ramli (1967).

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