1274 - 1348
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 307,277 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Al-Dhahabi is the 73rd most popular historian (up from 79th in 2019), the 40th most popular biography from Syria (up from 46th in 2019) and the 3rd 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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Among historians, Al-Dhahabi ranks 73 out of 339. Before him are Bernard Lewis, Theophylact Simocatta, Al-Baladhuri, Nicolaus of Damascus, Johann Jakob Bachofen, and Joannes Zonaras. After him are Movses Khorenatsi, Erich Auerbach, Carlo Ginzburg, Eutropius, Donna Haraway, and Julius Wellhausen.
1916 - 2018
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 67
580 - 630
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 68
806 - 892
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 69
64 BC - 4
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 70
1815 - 1887
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 71
1074 - 1130
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 72
1274 - 1348
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 73
410 - 490
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 74
1892 - 1957
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 75
1939 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 76
320 - 400
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 77
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 78
1844 - 1918
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 79
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, Louis of Toulouse, Rudolf I, Duke of Bavaria, Irene of Montferrat, and Catherine I, Latin Empress. Among people deceased in 1348, Al-Dhahabi ranks 5. Before him are Ambrogio Lorenzetti, Pietro Lorenzetti, Andrea Pisano, and Laura de Noves. After him are Blanche of Valois, Giovanni Villani, Don Juan Manuel, Bernardo Daddi, Barlaam of Seminara, Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Aragon, and Emperor Hanazono.
1274 - 1329
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 1
1274 - 1319
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 2
1274 - 1348
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 3
1274 - 1355
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 4
1274 - 1297
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 5
1274 - 1319
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 6
1274 - 1317
HPI: 56.80
Rank: 7
1274 - 1307
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 8
1290 - 1348
HPI: 67.90
Rank: 1
1280 - 1348
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 2
1290 - 1348
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 3
1310 - 1348
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 4
1274 - 1348
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 5
1316 - 1348
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 6
1276 - 1348
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 7
1282 - 1348
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 8
1290 - 1348
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 9
1290 - 1348
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 10
1328 - 1348
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 11
1297 - 1348
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 12
Among people born in Syria, Al-Dhahabi ranks 40 out of 181. Before him are Heliodorus of Emesa (250), Julia Maesa (165), Odaenathus (220), Yazid III (701), Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (700), and Nicolaus of Damascus (-64). After him are Herodian (170), Michel Aflaq (1910), Julia Soaemias (180), Tutush I (1066), Maron (301), and Al-Adil I (1145).
250 - 400
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 34
165 - 224
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 35
220 - 267
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 36
701 - 744
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 37
700 - 750
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 38
64 BC - 4
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 39
1274 - 1348
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 40
170 - 250
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 41
1910 - 1989
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 42
180 - 222
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 43
1066 - 1095
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 44
301 - 410
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 45
1145 - 1218
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 46
Among historians born in Syria, Al-Dhahabi ranks 3. Before him are Ibn Kathir (1301) and Nicolaus of Damascus (-64). After him are Evagrius Scholasticus (536).
1301 - 1373
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 1
64 BC - 4
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 2
1274 - 1348
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 3
536 - 594
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 4