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Ahmad ibn Fadlan

900 - 960

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Ahmad ibn Fadlan ibn al-Abbas al-Baghdadi (Arabic: أحمد بن فضلان بن العباس بن راشد بن حماد, romanized: Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Baghdādī) was a 10th-century traveler from Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, famous for his account of his travels as a member of an embassy of the Abbasid caliph, al-Muqtadir of Baghdad, to the king of the Volga Bulgars, known as his risāla ("account" or "journal"). His account is most notable for providing a detailed description of the Volga Vikings, including eyewitness accounts of life as part of a trade caravan and witnessing a ship burial. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad ibn Fadlan has received more than 1,266,795 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Ahmad ibn Fadlan is the 365th most popular writer (down from 357th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 34th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iraqi Writer.

Ahmad ibn Fadlan is most famous for being a Muslim diplomat and explorer who traveled to the Volga River in 921 AD.

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  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among writers, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 365 out of 7,302. Before him are Jorge Amado, Margaret Mitchell, Christine de Pizan, Ian Fleming, Mahmoud Darwish, and Mario Puzo. After him are Paul Auster, Jo Nesbø, Alphonse de Lamartine, Ennius, Octavio Paz, and Friedrich Dürrenmatt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 10. Before him are Photios I of Constantinople, Pope Leo VII, Pope Benedict VI, Pope Lando, Pope Agapetus II, and Halfdan Ragnarsson. After him are Pope Stephen VIII, Robert the Strong, Berengar II of Italy, Pope Leo VIII, Guy III of Spoleto, and Banū Mūsā. Among people deceased in 960, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 1. After him are Časlav, Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, and Fulk II, Count of Anjou.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 35 out of 384. Before him are Ismail al-Jazari (1136), Belshazzar (-600), Al-Ash'ari (873), Gudea (-2200), Möngke Khan (1209), and Al-Mu'tasim (796). After him are Enheduanna (-2300), Eber (-2038), Antiochus I Soter (-324), Ur-Nammu (-2200), Al-Musta'sim (1213), and Suleyman Shah (1178).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 4. Before him are Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780), Al-Masudi (896), and Fuzûlî (1494). After him are Enheduanna (-2300), Berossus (-400), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Ibn Sirin (653), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), and Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718).

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