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Al-Dhahabi

1274 - 1348

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Shams ad-Dīn adh-Dhahabī (شمس الدين الذهبي), also known as Shams ad-Dīn Abū ʿAbdillāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn ʿUthmān ibn Qāymāẓ ibn ʿAbdillāh at-Turkumānī al-Fāriqī ad-Dimashqī (5 October 1274 – 3 February 1348) was an Athari theologian, Islamic historian and Hadith scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Dhahabi has received more than 345,353 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Al-Dhahabi is the 71st most popular historian (up from 73rd in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Syria (down from 40th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Historian.

Al-Dhahabi is most famous for being a scholar of hadith, the author of a number of books on the subject, and for being the head of the committee that wrote the Siyar A'lam al-Nubala.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Al-Dhahabi ranks 71 out of 561. Before him are Theopompus, Heinrich Wölfflin, Gaston Maspero, Benzion Netanyahu, Johann Jakob Bachofen, and Bernard Lewis. After him are Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie, Joannes Zonaras, Movses Khorenatsi, Justin, Eutropius, and Ephorus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1274, Al-Dhahabi ranks 3. Before him are Robert the Bruce, and Eric VI of Denmark. After him are Marino Faliero, Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, Louis of Toulouse, Irene of Montferrat, and Catherine I, Latin Empress. Among people deceased in 1348, Al-Dhahabi ranks 5. Before him are Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Andrea Pisano, Pietro Lorenzetti, and Laura de Noves. After him are Bernardo Daddi, Giovanni Villani, Blanche of Valois, Don Juan Manuel, Emperor Hanazono, Barlaam of Seminara, and Ferrer Bassa.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Al-Dhahabi ranks 45 out of 210. Before him are Odaenathus (220), Adunis (1930), Moustapha Akkad (1930), Heliodorus of Emesa (250), Nizar Qabbani (1923), and Levon Ter-Petrosyan (1945). After him are Tutush I (1066), Julia Soaemias (180), Andrew of Crete (660), Nicolaus of Damascus (-64), Apollinaris of Laodicea (310), and Damascius (480).

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Among HISTORIANS In Syria

Among historians born in Syria, Al-Dhahabi ranks 2. Before him are Ibn Kathir (1301). After him are Nicolaus of Damascus (-64), Evagrius Scholasticus (536), Malchus (450), and Abu Shama (1203).

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