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Ahmad ibn Rustah
Ahmad ibn Rustah
Ahmad ibn Rustah Isfahani (Persian: احمد ابن رسته اصفهانی Aḥmad ibn Rusta Iṣfahānī), more commonly known as Ibn Rustah (ابن رسته, also spelled Ibn Rusta and Ibn Ruste), was a tenth-century Muslim Persian explorer and geographer born in Rosta district, Isfahan, Persia, Abbasid Caliphate. He wrote a geographical compendium known as Kitāb al-A‘lāq al-Nafīsa (Arabic: كتاب الأعلاق النفيسة, Book of Precious Records). The information on his home town of Isfahan is especially extensive and valuable. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ahmad ibn Rustah has received more than 109,372 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad ibn Rustah is the 156th most popular explorer (up from 161st in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Iran (down from 183rd in 2019) and the most popular Iranian Explorer.
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Page Views (PV)
56.32
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
26
Languages Editions (L)
8.72
Effective Languages (L*)
1.91
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Among EXPLORERS
Among explorers, Ahmad ibn Rustah ranks 156 out of 405. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier, John Sutter, Juan de Grijalva, Adrien de Gerlache, Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie, and Samuel Wallis. After him are Anthony van Diemen, Sophie Blanchard, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Gil Eanes, Paulo da Gama, and Pedro Mascarenhas.
Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia
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Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier
1705 - 1786
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 150
John Sutter
1803 - 1880
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 151
Juan de Grijalva
1480 - 1527
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 152
Adrien de Gerlache
1866 - 1934
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 153
Antoine Thomson d'Abbadie
1810 - 1897
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 154
Samuel Wallis
1728 - 1795
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 155
Ahmad ibn Rustah
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 156
Anthony van Diemen
1593 - 1645
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 157
Sophie Blanchard
1778 - 1819
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 158
Gerónimo de Aguilar
1489 - 1531
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 159
Gil Eanes
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 160
Paulo da Gama
1465 - 1499
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 161
Pedro Mascarenhas
1484 - 1555
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 162
In Iran
Among people born in Iran, Ahmad ibn Rustah ranks 187 out of 528. Before him are Sinatruces of Parthia (-157), Mehdi Bazargan (1907), Phriapatius (-290), Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960), Arsaces II of Parthia (-300), and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899). After him are Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952), Shutruk-Nakhunte (-1300), Al-Taftazani (1322), Mansour Bahrami (1956), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), and Sati Beg (1300).
Others born in Iran
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Sinatruces of Parthia
157 BC - 70 BC
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 181
Mehdi Bazargan
1907 - 1995
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 182
Phriapatius
290 BC - 176 BC
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 183
Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 184
Arsaces II of Parthia
300 BC - 191 BC
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 185
Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei
1899 - 1992
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 186
Ahmad ibn Rustah
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 187
Shohreh Aghdashloo
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 188
Shutruk-Nakhunte
1300 BC - 1155 BC
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 189
Al-Taftazani
1322 - 1390
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 190
Mansour Bahrami
1956 - Present
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 191
Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri
933 - 1014
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 192
Sati Beg
1300 - 1345
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 193
Among EXPLORERS In Iran
Among explorers born in Iran, Ahmad ibn Rustah ranks 1.
