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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 among the principal Arab poets of the early Islamic era, a prolific muwallad poet of ascetics who ranked with Bashshār and Abū Nuwās, whom he met. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu-l-'Atahiya has received more than 42,995 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Abu-l-'Atahiya is the 2,575th most popular writer (up from 2,598th in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 206th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 43k

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  • 53.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 2,575 out of 5,755. Before him are Harold Robbins, Xu Zhimo, Polemon I of Pontus, Cornelis de Bruijn, Cornelis Vreeswijk, and Benjamin Fondane. After him are Horace McCoy, Shūji Terayama, Petar Hektorović, August von Platen-Hallermünde, Béla Király, and Đura Jakšić.

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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.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 223 out of 338. Before him are Arik-den-ili (-1400), Enlil-nirari (-1400), Shu-Sin (null), Entemena (-2430), Al-Muwaffaq (842), and Ashur-dan I (-1300). After him are Al-Farazdaq (641), Eriba-Adad I (-1400), Adi ibn Hatim (550), Ikunum (-1900), Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (1958), and Sa'dun Hammadi (1930).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Abu-l-'Atahiya ranks 16. Before him are Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Aphrahat (280), and Al-Sharif al-Radi (970). After 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).

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