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Ahmad ibn Rustah

Ahmad ibn Rusta Isfahani (Arabic: احمد ابن رسته اصفهانی, romanized: Aḥmad ibn Rusta Iṣfahānī), more commonly known as ibn Rusta (ابن رسته, also spelled ibn Roste), was a tenth-century Muslim Persian explorer and geographer born in Rosta, Isfahan in the Abbasid Caliphate. He wrote a geographical compendium known as the Kitāb al-A‘lāq al-Nafīsa (Arabic: كتاب الأعلاق النفيسة, lit. 'Book of Precious Records'). The information on Isfahan is especially extensive and valuable. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad ibn Rustah has received more than 116,788 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ahmad ibn Rustah is the 158th most popular explorer (down from 155th in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Iran (down from 187th in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Explorer.

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Effective Languages (L*)
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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ahmad ibn Rustah ranks 158 out of 498. Before him are Pedro Mascarenhas, Rodrigo de Triana, Filipa Moniz Perestrelo, Gan Ying, Gaspar de Lemos, and Alexandrine Tinné. After him are Isabelle Eberhardt, Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, St John Philby, and Ruy López de Villalobos.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

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Pedro Mascarenhas
1484 - 1555
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 152
Rodrigo de Triana
1469 - 1526
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 153
Filipa Moniz Perestrelo
1455 - 1485
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 154
Gan Ying
100 - Present
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 155
Gaspar de Lemos
1500 - 1600
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 156
Alexandrine Tinné
1835 - 1869
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 157
Ahmad ibn Rustah
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 158
Isabelle Eberhardt
1877 - 1904
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 159
Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir
1000 - 1100
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 160
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
1810 - 1897
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 161
Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa
1300 - 1400
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 162
St John Philby
1885 - 1960
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 163
Ruy López de Villalobos
1500 - 1544
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 164

In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ahmad ibn Rustah ranks 200 out of 631. Before him are Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (1145), Táhirih (1817), Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960), Phriapatius (-290), Ali Daei (1969), and Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (940). After him are Orodes III of Parthia (-100), Al-Sarakhsi (1009), Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Gotarzes II of Parthia (10), Mansour Bahrami (1956), and Kiya Buzurg-Ummid (1062).

Others born in Iran

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Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi
PHILOSOPHER
1145 - 1234
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 194
Táhirih
WRITER
1817 - 1852
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 195
Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran
NOBLEMAN
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 196
Phriapatius
POLITICIAN
290 BC - 176 BC
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 197
Ali Daei
SOCCER PLAYER
1969 - Present
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 198
Abū Sahl al-Qūhī
MATHEMATICIAN
940 - 1000
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 199
Ahmad ibn Rustah
EXPLORER
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 200
Orodes III of Parthia
POLITICIAN
100 BC - 6
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 201
Al-Sarakhsi
LAWYER
1009 - 1090
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 202
Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1627 - Present
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 203
Gotarzes II of Parthia
POLITICIAN
10 - 51
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 204
Mansour Bahrami
TENNIS PLAYER
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 205
Kiya Buzurg-Ummid
POLITICIAN
1062 - 1138
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 206