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Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz

861 - 908

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Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (Arabic: عبد الله بن المعتز, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Muʿtazz; 861 – 29 December 908) was the son of the caliph al-Mu'tazz and a political figure, but is better known as a leading Arabic poet and the author of the Kitab al-Badi, an early study of Arabic forms of poetry. This work is considered one of the earliest works in Arabic literary theory and literary criticism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz has received more than 59,774 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz is the 3,505th most popular writer, the 265th most popular biography from Iraq and the 23rd most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

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  • 2.64

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz ranks 3,505 out of 5,755. Before him are Yrsa Sigurðardóttir, Mikhail Koltsov, Ceija Stojka, Ernst Jandl, Hovhannes Shiraz, and Butrus al-Bustani. After him are Antonio Palomino, Daniel Boulanger, Rutka Laskier, Janet Asimov, John Winthrop, and Jerzy Giedroyc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 861, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 908, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz ranks 5. Before him are Emperor Ai of Tang, Al-Muktafi, Remigius of Auxerre, and Asser.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz ranks 265 out of 338. Before him are Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818), Kadim Al Sahir (1957), Nechirvan Barzani (1966), Abdullah Goran (1904), Ahmed Chalabi (1944), and Kurigalzu II (-1400). After him are Ishme-Dagan (-2000), Ashur-nirari III (-1300), Mesannepada (-2490), Ibn al-Bawwab (961), Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), and Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man (500).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz ranks 23. Before him are Al-Farazdaq (641), Al-Asmaʿi (740), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), and Abdullah Goran (1904). After him are Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750), Karim Findi (1946), and Muhsin al-Ramli (1967).

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