900 - 960
Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn Rāshid ibn Ḥammād, (Arabic: أحمد بن فضلان بن العباس بن راشد بن حماد; commonly known as Ahmad ibn Fadlan (or Ibn Foszlan in older European literature), was a 10th-century Arab traveler, 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. He also notably described the lifestyle of the Oghuz Turks while the Khazaria, Cumans, and Pechnegs were still around.Ibn Fadlan's detailed writings have been cited by numerous historians. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad ibn Fadlan has received more than 1,146,427 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Ahmad ibn Fadlan is the 357th most popular writer (up from 613th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 48th 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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Among writers, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 357 out of 5,755. Before him are Max Brod, Nâzım Hikmet, Jacques Prévert, Ahmad Yasawi, Andrzej Sapkowski, and Jean Genet. After him are Erik Axel Karlfeldt, Susan Sontag, Pär Lagerkvist, Alphonse Daudet, Anne Brontë, and Henri Charrière.
1884 - 1968
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 351
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 352
1900 - 1977
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 353
1103 - 1166
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 354
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 355
1910 - 1986
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 356
900 - 960
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 357
1864 - 1931
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 358
1933 - 2004
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 359
1891 - 1974
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 360
1840 - 1897
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 361
1820 - 1849
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 362
1906 - 1973
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 363
Among people born in 900, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 7. Before him are Ivar the Boneless, Oleg of Novgorod, Gorm the Old, Photios I of Constantinople, Halfdan Ragnarsson, and Pope Lando. After him are Pope Benedict VI, Pope Agapetus II, Pope Stephen VIII, Pope Leo VII, Robert the Strong, and Berengar II of Italy. 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.
900 - 873
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 1
900 - 912
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 2
900 - 958
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 3
900 - 896
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 4
900 - 877
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 5
900 - 914
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 6
900 - 960
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 7
900 - 974
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 8
900 - 955
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 9
900 - 942
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 10
900 - 939
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 11
900 - 866
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 12
900 - 966
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 13
900 - 960
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 1
896 - 960
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 2
900 - 960
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 3
920 - 960
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 4
Among people born in Iraq, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 35 out of 338. Before him are Gudea (-2200), Muhammad al-Mahdi (869), Nabopolassar (-658), Jalal Talabani (1933), Ismail al-Jazari (1136), and Ur-Nammu (-2200). After him are Eber (-2038), Möngke Khan (1209), Antiochus I Soter (-324), Suleyman Shah (1178), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971), and Al-Ash'ari (873).
2200 BC - 2200 BC
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 29
869 - 941
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 30
658 BC - 605 BC
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 31
1933 - 2017
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 32
1136 - 1206
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 33
2200 BC - 2094 BC
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 34
900 - 960
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 35
2038 BC - 1574 BC
HPI: 68.56
Rank: 36
1209 - 1259
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 37
324 BC - 261 BC
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 38
1178 - 1236
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 39
1971 - 2019
HPI: 68.11
Rank: 40
873 - 936
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 41
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 al-Nadim (1000), Ibn Khallikan (1211), and Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718).
780 - 855
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 1
896 - 956
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 2
1494 - 1556
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 3
900 - 960
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 4
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 5
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 6
1116 - 1200
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 7
915 - 965
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 8
653 - 729
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 9
1000 - 995
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 10
1211 - 1282
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 11
718 - 790
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 12