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Al-Hariri of Basra

1054 - 1122

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Al-Hariri of Basra (Arabic: أبو محمد القاسم بن علي بن محمد بن عثمان الحريري, romanized: Abū Muhammad al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn Muhammad ibn ʿUthmān al-Harīrī; 1054 – 10 September 1122) was a poet belonging to the Beni Harram tribe of Bedouin Arabs, who lived and died in the city of Basra, modern Iraq. He was a scholar of the Arabic language and a dignitary of the Seljuk Empire, which ruled Iraq during his lifetime, from 1055 to 1135. He is known for his Maqamat al-Hariri (also known as the ‘'Assemblies of Hariri'’), a collection of some 50 stories written in the Maqama style, a mix of verse and literary prose. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Hariri of Basra has received more than 139,116 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Hariri of Basra is the 1,903rd most popular writer (up from 1,970th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 180th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Al-Hariri of Basra ranks 1,903 out of 5,755Before him are Nora Ephron, Roger Peyrefitte, Paul Gerhardt, Ross Macdonald, Fan Zhongyan, and Shirley Jackson. After him are Jonas Lie, Maria Konopnicka, Sister Nivedita, Denis Fonvizin, Ahmad ibn Arabshah, and A. B. Yehoshua.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1054, Al-Hariri of Basra ranks 7Before him are Bohemond I of Antioch, Robert Curthose, Sukjong of Goryeo, Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, Judith of Swabia, and Berenguer Ramon II, Count of Barcelona. After him is George II of Georgia. Among people deceased in 1122, Al-Hariri of Basra ranks 2Before him is Yejong of Goryeo. After him are Ilghazi, Christina Ingesdotter of Sweden, Ottokar II of Styria, and Sybilla of Normandy.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Hariri of Basra ranks 186 out of 338Before him are Al-Mustazhir (1078), Al-Mustanjid (1124), Ar-Rashid (1109), Haider al-Abadi (1952), Abo of Tiflis (756), and Al-Hakim I (1247). After him are Ibn Muqla (886), Al-Mustadi (1142), Ashurnasirpal I (-1100), Al-Mustakfi (905), Aphrahat (280), and Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Al-Hariri of Basra ranks 13Before him are Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Ibn Sirin (653), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Ibn Khallikan (1211), and Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718). After him are Aphrahat (280), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Al-Farazdaq (641), Al-Asmaʿi (740), and Nazik Al-Malaika (1923).