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Al-Baladhuri

806 - 892

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ʾAḥmad ibn Yaḥyā ibn Jābir al-Balādhurī (Arabic: أحمد بن يحيى بن جابر البلاذري) was a 9th-century West Asian historian. One of the eminent Middle Eastern historians of his age, he spent most of his life in Baghdad and enjoyed great influence at the court of the caliph al-Mutawakkil. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Baladhuri has received more than 144,788 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Al-Baladhuri is the 64th most popular historian (up from 69th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 72nd in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Historian.

Al-Baladhuri was a historian who documented the events of the Muslim conquest of the Middle East and North Africa. He is most famous for his book "Kitab Futuh al-Buldan" which is a history of the conquests of the Muslims in the Middle East and North Africa.

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  • 63.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Al-Baladhuri ranks 64 out of 561. Before him are Tzvetan Todorov, John Skylitzes, Francesco Guicciardini, Libanius, Theophylact Simocatta, and Poggio Bracciolini. After him are Theopompus, Heinrich Wölfflin, Gaston Maspero, Benzion Netanyahu, Johann Jakob Bachofen, and Bernard Lewis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 806, Al-Baladhuri ranks 2. Before him is Louis the German. After him is Hincmar. Among people deceased in 892, Al-Baladhuri ranks 2. Before him is Al-Tirmidhi. After him are Siemowit, Al-Mu'tamid, Branimir of Croatia, and Nasr I.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Baladhuri ranks 75 out of 384. Before him are Shalmaneser I (-1400), Naram-Sin of Akkad (-2254), Hillel the Elder (-110), Berossus (-400), Urukagina (-2500), and Abdul Rahman Arif (1916). After him are Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935), Abdul Salam Arif (1921), Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (648), Al-Muqtadir (895), Nahor, son of Serug (-1912), and Muhammad al-Shaybani (750).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iraq

Among historians born in Iraq, Al-Baladhuri ranks 1. After him are Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002), Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), Ibn Wahshiyya (900), Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (1145), Khalifah ibn Khayyat (777), and Avi Shlaim (1945).

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