RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli

854 - 946

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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūlī (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن العباس الصولي) (born c. 870 Gorgan – died between 941 and 948 Basra) was a Turkic scholar and a court companion of three Abbāsid caliphs: al-Muktafī, his successor al-Muqtadir, and later, al-Radi, whom he also tutored. He was a bibliophile, wrote letters, editor-poet, chronicler, and a shatranj (chess) player. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli has received more than 60,805 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli is the 1,533rd most popular religious figure (up from 1,703rd in 2019), the 229th most popular biography from Iran (up from 238th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli ranks 1,533 out of 3,187. Before him are Jerzy Radziwiłł, Peter Schöffer, Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Giovanni Benelli, Angelo Dundee, and Stephen Langton. After him are Arp Schnitger, Kimpa Vita, Jean Daniélou, Federico Borromeo, Michael the Syrian, and Andrew Dũng-Lạc.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 854, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli ranks 2. Before him is Al-Mu'tadid.  Among people deceased in 946, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli ranks 7. Before him are Pope Marinus II, Edmund I, John of Rila, Eadgyth, Al-Qa'im, and Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid. After him is Ibrahim ibn Sinan.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli ranks 229 out of 631. Before him are Ibn al-Faqih (null), Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (1500), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), Amir Kabir (1807), and Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883). After him are Masawaiyh (777), Phraates I (-190), Aga Khan I (1800), Ahmad Jannati (1927), Hayedeh (1942), and Aga Khan II (1830).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli ranks 24. Before him are Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), Ibn Babawayh (918), Shaykh Tusi (995), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Ibn Khuzayma (838), and Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627). After him are Aga Khan II (1830), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), Morteza Motahhari (1919), Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948), and Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935).

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