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Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi

1002 - 1071

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Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābit ibn Aḥmad ibn Māhdī al-Shāfiʿī, commonly known as al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī (Arabic: الخطيب البغدادي) or "the lecturer from Baghdad" (10 May 1002 – 5 September 1071; 392 AH-463 AH), was a Sunni Muslim scholar known for being one of the foremost leading hadith scholars and historians at his time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi has received more than 150,894 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi is the 123rd most popular historian (down from 114th in 2019), the 182nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 166th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

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  • 57.51

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 123 out of 561. Before him are Leo the Deacon, Hayden White, Ibn Hibban, Arnold Hauser, Michael Rostovtzeff, and Agatharchides. After him are Thomas Babington Macaulay, C. Northcote Parkinson, Heinrich von Treitschke, Afet İnan, Aban ibn Uthman, and Johan Rudolph Thorbecke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1002, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 3. Before him are Pope Leo IX, and Nikephoros III Botaneiates.  Among people deceased in 1071, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 2. Before him is Arnulf III, Count of Flanders. After him are Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Domenico I Contarini, Ibn Zaydún, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, Eleanor of Normandy, Nuno Mendes, and Edwin, Earl of Mercia.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 182 out of 384. Before him are Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (882), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Rimush (null), Al-Muqtafi (1096), Ur-Nanshe (-2500), and Al-Mu'tamid (844). After him are Mahmud Shevket Pasha (1856), Artabanus I of Parthia (-200), Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (1892), Kubaba (-2500), Ibrahim al-Jaafari (1947), and Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (1936).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iraq

Among historians born in Iraq, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 2. Before him are Al-Baladhuri (806). After him are 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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