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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. 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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  • 44k

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  • 50.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Al-A'sha ranks 3,379 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 570, Al-A'sha ranks 10Before 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 9Before 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.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Al-A'sha ranks 157 out of 251Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Saudi Arabia

Among writers born in Saudi Arabia, Al-A'sha ranks 7Before 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).