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GEOGRAPHER

Al-Bakri

1014 - 1094

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Abū ʿUbayd ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Muḥammad ibn Ayyūb ibn ʿAmr al-Bakrī (Arabic: أبو عبيد عبد الله بن عبد العزيز بن محمد بن أيوب بن عمرو البكري), or simply al-Bakrī (c. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Bakri has received more than 174,758 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Al-Bakri is the 24th most popular geographer, the 370th most popular biography from Spain (down from 310th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Spanish Geographer.

Al-Bakri is most famous for his book "The Book of Routes and Kingdoms" in which he describes the world's geography.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Al-Bakri ranks 24 out of 67. Before him are David Harvey, Ibn Jubayr, Élisée Reclus, Abraham Cresques, James Lovelock, and Georg Joachim Rheticus. After him are Fra Mauro, William Morris Davis, Sebastian Münster, Zakariya al-Qazwini, Marinus of Tyre, and Nicolas Sanson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1014, Al-Bakri ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 1094, Al-Bakri ranks 3. Before him are Mahmud I of Great Seljuq and Sancho Ramírez. After him are Al-Mustansir Billah, Al-Muqtadi, Seonjong of Goryeo, Duncan II of Scotland, and William IV, Count of Toulouse.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Al-Bakri ranks 370 out of 2,932. Before him are Juan Negrín (1892), Emilio Butragueño (1963), Fernando Arrabal (1932), Joan Laporta (1962), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), and Antonio Soler (1729). After him are Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona (1068), Rosalía de Castro (1837), Charles, Prince of Viana (1421), Ramiro I of Asturias (790), Priscillian (340), and Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado (1643).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Spain

Among geographers born in Spain, Al-Bakri ranks 5. Before him are Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100), Pomponius Mela (15), Ibn Jubayr (1145), and Abraham Cresques (1325).

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