932 - 968
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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Among writers, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 3,277 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1182 - 1251
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 3,271
1835 - 1886
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 3,272
1800 - 1844
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 3,273
1896 - 1952
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 3,274
1855 - 1924
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 3,275
1905 - 1989
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 3,276
932 - 968
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 3,277
1920 - 1995
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 3,278
1876 - 1960
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 3,279
1929 - 2021
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 3,280
1841 - 1882
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 3,281
1891 - 1942
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 3,282
1795 - 1826
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 3,283
Among people born in 932, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 9. Before 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 4. Before him are Matilda of Ringelheim, Al-Muttaqi, and Bardas Phokas the Elder. After him is Abu al-Misk Kafur.
932 - 966
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 3
932 - 972
HPI: 59.50
Rank: 4
932 - 999
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 5
932 - 1003
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 6
932 - 962
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 7
932 - 1000
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 8
932 - 968
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 9
894 - 968
HPI: 63.52
Rank: 1
908 - 968
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 2
878 - 968
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 3
932 - 968
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 4
905 - 968
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 5
Among people born in Iraq, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 254 out of 338. Before 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).
740 - 815
HPI: 50.97
Rank: 248
864 - 896
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 249
1913 - 1973
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 250
1945 - 2007
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 251
1300 BC - 1200 BC
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 252
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 253
932 - 968
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 254
1300 BC - 1200 BC
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 255
923 - 1023
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 256
2050 BC - 1970 BC
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 257
835 - 912
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 258
1818 - 1883
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 259
1957 - Present
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 260
Among writers born in Iraq, Abu Firas al-Hamdani ranks 20. Before 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).
280 - 346
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 14
970 - 1015
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 15
748 - 826
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 16
641 - 728
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 17
740 - 828
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 18
1923 - 2007
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 19
932 - 968
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 20
923 - 1023
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 21
1904 - 1962
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 22
861 - 908
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 23
750 - 808
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 24
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 25
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.15
Rank: 26