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Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi

995 - 1077

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Abūʾl-Fazl Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Bayhaqī (Persian: ابوالفضل محمد بن حسین بیهقی; died September 21, 1077), better known as Abu'l-Fazl Bayhaqi (ابوالفضل بیهقی; also spelled Beyhaqi), was a secretary, historian and author. Educated in the major cultural center of Nishapur, and employed at the court of the famous Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud, Bayhaqi was a highly cultured man, whose magnum opus—the Tarikh-i Bayhaqi, is seen as the most reliable source of valid information about the Ghaznavid era, which was written in an exquisite and vivid Persian prose that would become an ideal model for several eras. Bayhaqi is praised by modern scholars for his frankness, precision, and elegant style in his book, which he had spent 22 years to write, finishing it in thirty volumes, of which however only five volumes and half of the sixth exist today. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi has received more than 54,145 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi is the 3,065th most popular writer (up from 3,239th in 2019), the 283rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 34th most popular Iranian Writer.

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Among writers, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi ranks 3,065 out of 7,302. Before him are Shulamith Firestone, Jean Astruc, Félix Fénéon, Saib Tabrizi, Liviu Rebreanu, and Abdullah Abdul Kadir. After him are Charles-Louis Havas, Charles-Louis Philippe, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, Subh-i-Azal, Lois Lowry, and Wang Bo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 995, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi ranks 9. Before him are Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, Richeza of Lotharingia, Muniadona of Castile, John Gualbert, Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali, and Haakon Ericsson. After him are Herman III, Duke of Swabia, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, Wipo of Burgundy, and Reginar V, Count of Mons. Among people deceased in 1077, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi ranks 7. Before him are Géza I of Hungary, Agnes of Poitou, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, Anawrahta, Andronikos Doukas, and Zhang Zai. After him is Andronikos Doukas.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi ranks 283 out of 631. Before him are Asghar Farhadi (1972), Al-Mahani (820), Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930), Mirza Kuchik Khan (1880), Ahmad Qavam (1876), and Saib Tabrizi (1592). After him are Ali-Morad Khan Zand (1779), Subh-i-Azal (1831), Imad al-Dawla (892), Shirin Neshat (1957), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), and Sadeq Khan Zand (1800).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi ranks 34. Before him are Raffi (1835), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Ubayd Zakani (1301), Asadi Tusi (999), Abolqasem Lahouti (1887), and Saib Tabrizi (1592). After him are Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), Sohrab Sepehri (1928), Kader Abdolah (1954), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), and Mahmoud Shabestari (1288).

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