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Abu Nuwas

762 - 814

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Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī (variant: Al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī 'Abd al-Awal al-Ṣabāḥ, Abū 'Alī (أَبُو عَلِي اَلْحَسَنْ بْنْ هَانِئْ بْنْ عَبْدِ اَلْأَوَّلْ بْنْ اَلصَّبَاحِ اَلْحُكْمِيِّ اَلْمِذْحَجِي), known as Abū Nuwās al-Salamī (أبو نواس السلمي) or just Abū Nuwās (أبو نواس, Abū Nuwās); c. 756 – c. 814) was a classical Arabic poet, and the foremost representative of the modern (muhdath) poetry that developed during the first years of Abbasid Caliphate. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Nuwas has received more than 414,893 page views. His biography is available in 128 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 126 in 2019). Abu Nuwas is the 172nd most popular writer (down from 159th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Iran and the 3rd most popular Iranian Writer.

Abu Nuwas is most famous for being the first person to write erotic poetry in Arabic.

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  • 73.40

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  • 128

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abu Nuwas ranks 172 out of 5,755. Before him are Khalil Gibran, Ivan Turgenev, Anacreon, Frank Herbert, Janusz Korczak, and Stanisław Lem. After him are Karel Čapek, J. D. Salinger, Petronius, Lope de Vega, Diogenes Laërtius, and Dale Carnegie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 762, Abu Nuwas ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 814, Abu Nuwas ranks 2. Before him is Charlemagne. After him are Krum and Angilbert.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abu Nuwas ranks 20 out of 528. Before him are Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Ulugh Beg (1394), Ali Khamenei (1939), and Hafez (1325). After him are Nader Shah (1688), Tahmasp I (1514), Tughril (990), Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Al-Tabari (839), and Nizam al-Mulk (1018).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Abu Nuwas ranks 3. Before him are Ismail I (1487) and Hafez (1325). After him are Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Ferdowsi (940), Doris Lessing (1919), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Jami (1414), Attar of Nishapur (1145), and Magtymguly Pyragy (1733).

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