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WRITER

Ahmad Khani

1650 - 1707

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Ehmedê Xanî (Kurdish: ئەحمەدێ خانی, romanized: Ehmedê Xanî; Turkish Ahmed Hani), was a Kurdish intellectual, scholar, mystic and poet who is considered the founder of Kurdish nationalism. He was born in the Hakkâri region in 1650 and died in Bayazid in 1707.The most important work of Xanî is Mem and Zin which is considered the national epic of Kurds. Other important works include Nûbiharan Biçûkan and Eqîdeya Îmanê. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad Khani has received more than 97,786 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad Khani is the 932nd most popular writer (up from 980th in 2019), the 362nd most popular biography from Turkey (down from 358th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Turkish Writer.

Ahmad Khatami is a former Iranian cleric who served as the president of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1997 to 2005.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ahmad Khani ranks 932 out of 5,755Before him are Alexandra David-Néel, Ben Jonson, Arthur Adamov, Roger Zelazny, Thietmar of Merseburg, and Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam. After him are Ivan Gundulić, Jan Potocki, Felix Salten, Charles Nodier, Ahmed Deedat, and Vinicius de Moraes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1650, Ahmad Khani ranks 4Before him are William III of England, John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and Thomas Savery. After him are Jean Bart, Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Vincenzo Coronelli, Frederick Casimir Kettler, Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, Joachim Neander, Nell Gwyn, and Robert de Visée. Among people deceased in 1707, Ahmad Khani ranks 5Before him are Dieterich Buxtehude, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Aurangzeb, and Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban. After him are Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Jean Mabillon, Shitao, Christoph Cellarius, Johann Patkul, Jeremiah Clarke, and Willem van de Velde the Younger.

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Ahmad Khani ranks 362 out of 1,301Before him are Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179), Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Gevherhan Sultan (1544), Cleitus the Black (-370), İbrahim Tatlıses (1952), and Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (300). After him are Artaphernes (-600), Agabus (100), Cornelius Castoriadis (1922), Chryses of Troy (null), Maria Laskarina (1206), and Philetaerus (-340).

Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Ahmad Khani ranks 23Before him are Ibn Hawqal (943), Gregory of Narek (951), Theodoret (393), Dio Chrysostom (40), Publilius Syrus (-100), and Aziz Nesin (1915). After him are Bar Hebraeus (1226), John Malalas (491), Mimnermus (-670), Alcman (-611), Zenodotus (-330), and Kassia (810).