570 - 629
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. He traveled through Mesopotamia, Syria, Arabia and Ethiopia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-A'sha has received more than 44,494 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Al-A'sha is the 3,379th most popular writer (up from 3,476th in 2019), the 157th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 145th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Saudi Arabian Writer.
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Among writers, Al-A'sha ranks 3,379 out of 5,755. Before him are Vince Gilligan, Oles Honchar, Michael Cristofer, Karel Kryl, Antoninus Liberalis, and Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber. After him are Ennin, Jiří Wolker, Nichita Stănescu, Caspar Barlaeus, Vladimir Odoyevsky, and Sophie von La Roche.
1967 - Present
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 3,373
1918 - 1995
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3,374
1945 - Present
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3,375
1944 - 1994
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 3,376
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,377
1924 - 2006
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,378
570 - 629
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 3,379
793 - 864
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 3,380
1900 - 1924
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 3,381
1933 - 1983
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 3,382
1584 - 1648
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 3,383
1803 - 1869
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 3,384
1730 - 1807
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 3,385
Among people born in 570, Al-A'sha ranks 10. Before him are Khosrow II, Amr ibn Hishām, Ammar ibn Yasir, Childebert II, Theodelinda, and Witteric. After him is Pybba of Mercia. Among people deceased in 629, Al-A'sha ranks 9. Before him are Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, Zainab bint Muhammad, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Shahrbaraz, 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, and Khosrow III. After him is Eochaid Buide.
570 - 628
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 4
570 - 624
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 5
570 - 657
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 6
570 - 595
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 7
570 - 627
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 8
570 - 610
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 9
570 - 629
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 10
570 - 606
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 11
550 - 629
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 3
600 - 629
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 4
589 - 629
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 5
600 - 629
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 6
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 7
600 - 629
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 8
570 - 629
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 9
501 - 629
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 10
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Al-A'sha ranks 157 out of 251. Before him are Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (1960), Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (1949), Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1931), Ibn al-Khattab (1969), Al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi (700), and Majed Abdullah (1959). After him are Ali Al-Naimi (1935), Jotapianus (200), Sami Al-Jaber (1972), Saeed Al-Owairan (1967), Mohamed Al-Deayea (1972), and Lisa Eilbacher (1956).
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 151
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 152
1931 - 2018
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 153
1969 - 2002
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 154
700 - 800
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 155
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 156
570 - 629
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 157
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.27
Rank: 158
200 - 249
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 159
1972 - Present
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 160
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 161
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 162
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 163
Among writers born in Saudi Arabia, Al-A'sha ranks 7. Before him are Jamal Khashoggi (1958), Imru' al-Qais (501), Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), Al-Khansa (575), Hassan ibn Thabit (554), and Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (600). After him are Raif Badawi (1984).
1958 - 2018
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 1
501 - 544
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 2
525 - 615
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 3
575 - 645
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 4
554 - 674
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 5
600 - 624
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 6
570 - 629
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 7
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 8