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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 CE), or Asmai; an early philologist and one of three leading Arabic grammarians of the Basra school. Celebrated 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 62,601 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Asmaʿi is the 2,859th most popular writer (down from 2,802nd in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 218th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 63k

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  • 52.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 2,859 out of 5,755. Before him are Johan Borgen, Andrei Amalrik, Ubayd Zakani, Raffi, Symeon of Polotsk, and Phan Thi Kim Phuc. After him are Claude Farrère, Sven Lindqvist, John Banville, Antonio de Guevara, Jeppe Aakjær, and Nathan Birnbaum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 740, Al-Asmaʿi ranks 5. Before him are Aurelius of Asturias, Paulinus II of Aquileia, Angilbert, and Adalgis. After him are Kamalaśīla, Mashallah ibn Athari, 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 236 out of 338. Before him are Ashur-rabi II (-1100), Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (1936), Artabanus I of Parthia (-200), Dudu of Akkad (-2300), Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (1967), and Shamshi-Adad IV (-1100). After him are Tariq al-Hashimi (1942), Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (980), Gungunum (-2000), Hormuzd Rassam (1826), Ashur-bel-kala (-1200), and Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1976).

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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), Aphrahat (280), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), and Al-Farazdaq (641). After him are Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), Abdullah Goran (1904), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), and Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750).

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