PHILOSOPHER

Abu Yusuf

731 - 798

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Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari (Arabic: يعقوب بن إبراهيم الأنصاري, romanized: Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī), better known as Abu Yusuf (Arabic: أبو يوسف, romanized: Abū Yūsuf) (d.798) was a student of jurist Abu Hanifa (d.767) who helped spread the influence of the Hanafi school of Islamic law through his writings and the government positions that he held. He served as the chief judge (qadi al-qudat) during reign of Harun al-Rashid. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Yusuf has received more than 263,811 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Abu Yusuf is the 304th most popular philosopher (up from 380th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 81st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iraqi Philosopher.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Abu Yusufs by language

Over the past year Abu Yusuf has had the most page views in the with 39,423 views, followed by Arabic (37,208), and Urdu (10,709). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (247.87%), Bashkir (196.62%), and Egyptian Arabic (57.56%)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Abu Yusuf ranks 304 out of 1,267Before him are Otto Weininger, Franz Brentano, Fukuzawa Yukichi, Ramana Maharshi, Sebastian Brant, and Houston Stewart Chamberlain. After him are Henri Lefebvre, Robert Nozick, Hwang Jini, Antoine Arnauld, Giovanni Gentile, and Félix Guattari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 731, Abu Yusuf ranks 2Before him is Abd al-Rahman I. After him are Telets of Bulgaria, and Ōtomo no Otomaro. Among people deceased in 798, Abu Yusuf ranks 1After him are Trisong Detsen, and Beatus of Liébana.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abu Yusuf ranks 67 out of 384Before him are Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), Nabopolassar (-658), Qutayba ibn Muslim (668), Abdul Latif Rashid (1944), Rashid ad-Din Sinan (1130), and Tiglath-Pileser III (-755). After him are Sajida Talfah (1937), Shalmaneser I (-1400), Naram-Sin of Akkad (-2254), Hillel the Elder (-110), Berossus (-400), and Urukagina (-2500).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iraq

Among philosophers born in Iraq, Abu Yusuf ranks 4Before him are Al-Kindi (801), Al-Ash'ari (873), and Al-Jahiz (775). After him are Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809), Diogenes of Babylon (-240), Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190), and Jamil Sidqi al-Zahawi (1863).