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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 84,741 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Firas al-Hamdani is the 3,277th most popular writer, the 254th most popular biography from Iraq and the 20th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 3.26

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 3,277 out of 5,755Before him are Sakya Pandita, Duchess Agnes of Württemberg, Yevgeny Baratynsky, Josephine Tey, Marie Corelli, and Georges Schehadé. After him are Karel Píč, Sibilla Aleramo, Jean-Denis Bredin, Carl Robert Jakobson, Vladislav Vančura, and Kondraty Ryleyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 932, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 9Before him are Sancho I of León, Adalbert of Italy, Boleslaus II, Duke of Bohemia, At-Ta'i, Dong Yuan, and Abu Sulayman Sijistani.  Among people deceased in 968, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 4Before him are Matilda of Ringelheim, Al-Muttaqi, and Bardas Phokas the Elder. After him is Abu al-Misk Kafur.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 254 out of 338Before him are Mashallah ibn Athari (740), Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun (864), Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (1913), Awad Hamed al-Bandar (1945), Ashur-nadin-apli (-1300), and Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (null). After him are Enlil-kudurri-usur (-1300), Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), Puzur-Ashur I (-2050), Ahmad ibn Yusuf (835), Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818), and Kadim Al Sahir (1957).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 20Before him are Aphrahat (280), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Al-Farazdaq (641), Al-Asmaʿi (740), and Nazik Al-Malaika (1923). After him are Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), Abdullah Goran (1904), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750), Karim Findi (1946), and Muhsin al-Ramli (1967).