WRITER

Al-A'sha

570 - 629

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Al-A'sha (Arabic: ٱلْأَعْشَىٰ) or Maymun Ibn Qays Al-A'sha (d.c. 570– 625) was an Arabic Jahiliyyah poet from Al-Yamama, Arabia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-A'sha has received more than 50,110 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-A'sha is the 3,357th most popular writer (up from 3,367th in 2019), the 205th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 157th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Saudi Arabian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 50k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Gedichte
Texts and translations, Arabic language
1928
Zwei Gedichte
Texts and translations, Arabic language
1905
Le guetteur de mirages
2003
Zwei Gedichte
Texts and translations, Arabic language
1905
Zwei Gedichte
Texts and translations, Arabic language
1905
Gedichte
Texts and translations, Arabic language
1928

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Al-A'sha ranks 3,357 out of 7,302. Before him are Eysteinn Erlendsson, Morgan Robertson, Bernardo Guimarães, Carmen Laforet, Rhianus, and Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay. After him are Rose Wilder Lane, Jean-Claude Izzo, Gunnar Heiberg, Bharatendu Harishchandra, Hồ Xuân Hương, and Vera Brittain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 570, Al-A'sha ranks 11. Before him are Amr ibn Hishām, Ammar ibn Yasir, Childebert II, Theodelinda, Bhartṛhari, and Witteric. After him is Pybba of Mercia. Among people deceased in 629, Al-A'sha ranks 9. Before him are Zayd ibn Harithah, Chlothar II, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Shahrbaraz, 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, and Khosrow III. After him is Eochaid Buide.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Al-A'sha ranks 205 out of 354. Before him are Al-Bara' ibn Azib (600), Ibn al-Khattab (1969), Sami Al-Jaber (1972), Aliya bint Ali (1911), Utba ibn Ghazwan (581), and Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi (700). After him are Jotapianus (200), Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah (644), Mohamed Al-Deayea (1972), Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi (null), Ali Al-Naimi (1935), and Saud Al-Shuraim (1964).

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Among WRITERS In Saudi Arabia

Among writers born in Saudi Arabia, Al-A'sha ranks 8. Before him are Imru' al-Qais (501), Hassan ibn Thabit (554), Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (600), Al-Khansa (575), and Ka'b ibn Zuhayr (700). After him are Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah (644), Raif Badawi (1984), Rajaa al-Sanea (1981), and Hiba Abu Nada (1991).

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