WRITER

Al-Khansa

575 - 645

Al-Khansa

Tumāḍir bint ʿAmr ibn al-Ḥārith ibn al-Sharīd al-Sulamīyah (Arabic: تماضر بنت عمرو بن الحارث بن الشريد السُلمية), usually simply referred to as al-Khansāʾ (Arabic: الخنساء, meaning "snub-nosed", an Arabic epithet for a gazelle as metaphor for beauty) was a 7th-century tribeswoman, living in the Arabian Peninsula. She was one of the most influential poets of the pre-Islamic and early Islamic periods. In her time, the role of a female poet was to write elegies for the dead and perform them for the tribe in public oral competitions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Khansa has received more than 199,907 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Al-Khansa is the 1,245th most popular writer (down from 1,225th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 117th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Saudi Arabian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

200k
Page Views (PV)
65.72
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
29
Languages Editions (L)
3.07
Effective Languages (L*)
3.92
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Al-Khansa ranks 1,245 out of 7,302. Before her are Shammai, Vittorio Alfieri, Yosa Buson, Salawat Yulayev, John Dryden, and Arturo Pérez-Reverte. After her are Publilius Syrus, Arthur Hailey, Samuel Pepys, Symeon the New Theologian, James Patterson, and Elsa Triolet.

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Shammai
50 BC - 30
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 1,239
Vittorio Alfieri
1749 - 1803
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 1,240
Yosa Buson
1716 - 1783
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,241
Salawat Yulayev
1754 - 1800
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,242
John Dryden
1631 - 1700
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,243
Arturo Pérez-Reverte
1951 - Present
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 1,244
Al-Khansa
575 - 645
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 1,245
Publilius Syrus
100 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 1,246
Arthur Hailey
1920 - 2004
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 1,247
Samuel Pepys
1633 - 1703
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 1,248
Symeon the New Theologian
949 - 1022
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 1,249
James Patterson
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 1,250
Elsa Triolet
1896 - 1970
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 1,251

Contemporaries

Among people born in 575, Al-Khansa ranks 3. Before her are Heraclius, and Pope Boniface V. After her are Cynegils, and Abe no Hirafu. Among people deceased in 645, Al-Khansa ranks 2. Before her is Saint Gall. After her is Soga no Iruka.