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Abu Shama

1203 - 1267

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Abū Shāma Shihāb al-Dīn al-Maḳdisī (10 January 1203 – 13 June 1267) was an Arab historian. Abū Shāma was born in Damascus, where he passed his whole life save for one year in Egypt, a fortnight in Jerusalem and two pilgrimages to the Ḥijāz. He was an eyewitness to and provides the most precise information about the siege of Damascus in May–June 1229. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Shama has received more than 23,402 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Shama is the 323rd most popular historian, the 147th most popular biography from Syria and the 6th most popular Syrian Historian.

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  • 23k

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  • 57.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Abu Shama ranks 323 out of 561. Before him are Domenico Losurdo, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Mikhail Pogodin, Cadmus of Miletus, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, and Hafiz-i Abru. After him are Johannes Meursius, Friedrich Kittler, Gerhard Friedrich Müller, Heinrich Gelzer, Deborah Lipstadt, and Donald Keene.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1203, Abu Shama ranks 6. Before him are Mindaugas, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Peter II, Count of Savoy, Abu Zakariya Yahya, and Bartholomeus Anglicus.  Among people deceased in 1267, Abu Shama ranks 8. Before him are Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia, Beatrice of Provence, Beatrice of Savoy, Otto III, Margrave of Brandenburg, Poppo von Osterna, and Hugh II of Cyprus. After him are Agnes of the Palatinate, and Sylvester Gozzolini.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Abu Shama ranks 147 out of 210. Before him are Buhturi (819), Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Rezin (null), Salim Idris (1957), Francis Marrash (1837), and Akram al-Hawrani (1912). After him are Jacob of Edessa (633), Ameen Rihani (1876), George Sabra (1947), Wafa Sultan (1958), Rafik Schami (1946), and Abu'l-Hasan al-Uqlidisi (920).

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Among HISTORIANS In Syria

Among historians born in Syria, Abu Shama ranks 6. Before him are Ibn Kathir (1301), Al-Dhahabi (1274), Nicolaus of Damascus (-64), Evagrius Scholasticus (536), and Malchus (450).

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