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Abu-l-'Atahiya

748 - 826

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Abū al-ʻAtāhiyya (Arabic: أبو العتاهية; 748–828), full name Abu Ishaq Isma'il ibn al-Qasim ibn Suwayd Al-Anzi (أبو إسحاق إسماعيل بن القاسم بن سويد العنزي), was one of the principal Arab poets of the early Islamic era, a prolific muwallad poet of ascetics who ranked with Bashshār and Abū Nuwās, both of whom he met. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu-l-'Atahiya has received more than 43,584 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Abu-l-'Atahiya is the 2,400th most popular writer (up from 2,567th in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 44k

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  • 54.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 2,400 out of 7,302. Before him are Izumi Shikibu, Johann Jakob Bodmer, Jean-Dominique Bauby, Per Petterson, Jeremias Gotthelf, and M. Karunanidhi. After him are Giovanni Pascoli, Bion of Smyrna, Mikołaj Rej, Alonso de Ercilla, Kate Millett, and Charles Maturin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 748, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 2. Before him is Charlemagne.  Among people deceased in 826, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 2. Before him is Theodore the Studite. After him is Ashot I of Iberia.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 223 out of 384. Before him are Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), Nabonassar (-800), Sinsharishkun (-700), Sa'dun Hammadi (1930), Burna-Buriash II (-1400), and Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna (728). After him are Muhammad al-Sadr (1943), Shalmaneser II (-1090), Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (1959), Vonones II (-25), Ibn al-Bawwab (961), and Dudu of Akkad (-2300).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 17. Before him are Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Al-Farazdaq (641), and Aphrahat (280). After him are Al-Asmaʿi (740), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), Karim Findi (1946), Abdullah Goran (1904), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), and Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932).

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