WRITER

Abu Firas al-Hamdani

932 - 968

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Al-Harith ibn Abi’l-ʿAlaʾ Saʿid ibn Hamdan al-Taghlibi (932–968), better known by his pen name Abu Firas al-Hamdani (Arabic: أبو فراس الحمداني), was an Arab prince and poet. He was a cousin of Sayf al-Dawla and a member of the Hamdanid dynasty, who were rulers in northern Syria and Upper Mesopotamia during the 10th century. He served Sayf al-Dawla as governor of Manbij as well as court poet, and was active in his cousin's wars against the Byzantine Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Firas al-Hamdani has received more than 87,337 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Abu Firas al-Hamdani is the 3,426th most popular writer (down from 3,265th in 2019), the 277th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 252nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Diwan Abi Firas
1910
Dīwān Abī Firās
1959
Sharḥ Dīwān Abī Firās al-Ḥamdānī
1967
Abu Firas Al-Hamdani, chevalier poète
1990
Dīwān Abī Firās al-Ḥamdānī
1873
Muntakhabāt shiʻrīyah
1928

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 3,426 out of 7,302. Before him are Giovanni della Casa, Gʻafur Gʻulom, Juana de Ibarbourou, Sophie von La Roche, Marcin Bielski, and Gabrielle Roy. After him are Alexander Sumarokov, Bing Xin, Mikhail Prishvin, Natallia Arsiennieva, René Barjavel, and Erik Gustaf Geijer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 932, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 9. Before him are Sancho I of León, Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Adalbert of Italy, At-Ta'i, Dong Yuan, and Abu Sulayman Sijistani.  Among people deceased in 968, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 6. Before him are Matilda of Ringelheim, Al-Muttaqi, Abu al-Misk Kafur, Mumadona Dias, and Bardas Phokas the Elder.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 277 out of 384. Before him are Ibn Butlan (1001), Yitzhak Mordechai (1944), Abdullah Goran (1904), Ashur-bel-kala (-1200), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), and Shamshi-Adad IV (-1100). After him are Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818), Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man (500), Ahmed Chalabi (1944), Raghad Hussein (1968), and Abu Ali al-Anbari (1957).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 23. Before him are Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Al-Asmaʿi (740), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), Karim Findi (1946), Abdullah Goran (1904), and Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861). After him are Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), Jacob of Serugh (451), Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750), Ahmet Haşim (1887), and Abu Isa al-Warraq (null).

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