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Abu Sa'id Gardezi

1100 - 1061

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Abū Saʿīd ʿAbd-al-Ḥayy ibn Żaḥḥāk ibn Maḥmūd Gardīzī (Persian: ابوسعید عبدالحی بن ضحاک بن محمود گردیزی), better known as Gardizi (گردیزی), was an 11th-century Persian historian and official, who is notable for having written the Zayn al-akhbar, one of the earliest history books written in New Persian. Little is known of Gardizi personally. He was probably from Gardiz in the region of Zamindawar, as his nisba implies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Sa'id Gardezi has received more than 26,265 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Abu Sa'id Gardezi is the 33rd most popular geographer (down from 32nd in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 51st in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Geographer.

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  • 57.73

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  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Abu Sa'id Gardezi ranks 33 out of 86. Before him are Fra Mauro, William Morris Davis, Nicolas Sanson, Willem Blaeu, Albrecht Penck, and Marinus of Tyre. After him are Artemidorus Ephesius, Jovan Cvijić, Vincenzo Coronelli, Jodocus Hondius, Alfred Hettner, and Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1100, Abu Sa'id Gardezi ranks 36. Before him are Wace, Malik Shah, Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Ragnvald Knaphövde, Jabir ibn Aflah, and Niklot. After him are Ingegerd of Norway, Abu Bakr ibn Umar, Thierry, Count of Flanders, Yağısıyan, Bretislav II, and Teobaldo Boccapecci. Among people deceased in 1061, Abu Sa'id Gardezi ranks 3. Before him are Pope Nicholas II, and Humbert of Silva Candida. After him are Floris I, Count of Holland, Spytihněv II, Duke of Bohemia, Presian, and Ali ibn Ridwan.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abu Sa'id Gardezi ranks 53 out of 177. Before him are Sher Ali Khan (1825), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Inayatullah Khan (1888), Saman Khuda (701), and Ibn Hibban (883). After him are Abu Maʿshar (787), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), Sanai (1080), Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), and Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Afghanistan

Among geographers born in Afghanistan, Abu Sa'id Gardezi ranks 1. 

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