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Al-Asmaʿi

740 - 828

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Al-Asmaʿi (أبو سعيد عبد الملك ابن قريب الأصمعي, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Qurayb al-Aṣmaʿī ; c. 740–828/833), or Asmai was an Arab philologist and one of three leading Arabic grammarians of the Basra school. At the court of the Abbasid caliph, Hārūn al-Rashīd, as polymath and prolific author on philology, poetry, genealogy, and natural science, he pioneered zoology studies in animal-human anatomical science. He compiled an important poetry anthology, the Asma'iyyat, and was credited with composing an epic on the life of Antarah ibn Shaddad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Asmaʿi has received more than 70,738 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Al-Asmaʿi is the 2,546th most popular writer (up from 2,848th in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Iraq (up from 235th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

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  • 3.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 2,546 out of 7,302. Before him are Frano Selak, Şihabetdin Märcani, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Alexandra Ripley, Philo of Byblos, and Juan del Encina. After him are Lois McMaster Bujold, Cornelis de Bruijn, Dorothea von Schlegel, Noël Coward, Amélie Nothomb, and Andrea Dworkin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 740, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 5. Before him are Aurelius of Asturias, Paulinus II of Aquileia, Mashallah ibn Athari, and Angilbert. After him are Adalgis, Kamalaśīla, and Vineh of Bulgaria. Among people deceased in 828, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 4. Before him are Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Idris II of Morocco, and Asad ibn al-Furat.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 231 out of 384. Before him are Shalmaneser II (-1090), Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (1959), Vonones II (-25), Ibn al-Bawwab (961), Dudu of Akkad (-2300), and Al-Muwaffaq (842). After him are Ikunum (-1900), Nahor, son of Terah (null), Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190), Al-Baqillani (950), and Ninurta-apal-Ekur (-1300).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 18. Before him are Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Al-Farazdaq (641), Aphrahat (280), and Abu-l-'Atahiya (748). After him are Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), Karim Findi (1946), Abdullah Goran (1904), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), and Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923).

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