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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 143,456 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi is the 114th most popular historian (up from 150th in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 195th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Historian.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 114 out of 339. Before him are Cangjie, Vasily Bartold, Leo the Deacon, Henry Thomas Buckle, Doukas, and Michael Rostovtzeff. After him are C. Northcote Parkinson, Peter Burke, Richard Sennett, Golo Mann, François Furet, and Árni Magnússon.

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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 1. After him are Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, Domenico I Contarini, Ibn Zaydún, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, and Eleanor of Normandy.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 167 out of 338. Before him are Seleucus of Seleucia (-190), Diogenes of Babylon (-240), Rimush (null), Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (1892), Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746), and Ur-Nanshe (-2500). After him are Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), Shalmaneser IV (-900), Sin-shumu-lishir (-700), Al-Muti (914), Al-Muqtafi (1096), and Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti (1951).

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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), Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (1145), and Avi Shlaim (1945).

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