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Al-Maqdisi

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Shams al-Din Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Bakr (Arabic: شَمْس ٱلدِّيْن أَبُو عَبْد ٱلله مُحَمَّد ابْن أَحْمَد ابْن أَبِي بَكْر, romanized: Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr; c. 945/946 – 991), commonly known by the nisba al-Maqdisi (Arabic: ٱلْمَقْدِسِي, romanized: al-Maqdisī) or al-Muqaddasī (Arabic: ٱلْمُقَدَّسِي) was a medieval Arab geographer, author of Aḥsan al-taqāsīm fī maʿrifat al-aqālīm (The Best Divisions in the Knowledge of the Regions), as well as author of the book, Description of Syria (Including Palestine). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Maqdisi has received more than 94,091 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Al-Maqdisi is the 4,248th most popular politician (down from 4,146th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Israel (down from 115th in 2019) and the 51st most popular Israeli Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 94k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Al-Maqdisis by language

Over the past year Al-Maqdisi has had the most page views in the with 21,613 views, followed by Arabic (14,163), and Persian (4,877). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Western Punjabi (567.14%), Slovenian (128.13%), and Basque (97.62%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Al-Maqdisi ranks 4,248 out of 19,576. Before him are Ghiyas ud din Balban, Li Dazhao, Eduardo Frei Montalva, Ordoño II of León, Otto Georg Thierack, and Emperor Go-Mizunoo. After him are Jean-Lambert Tallien, Iullus Antonius, Boris II of Bulgaria, Al-Qahir, Phraates III, and Marcus Antistius Labeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 945, Al-Maqdisi ranks 2. Before him is Eric the Victorious. After him are Abbo of Fleury, Otto, Duke of Burgundy, Al-Sijzi, and Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou. Among people deceased in 1000, Al-Maqdisi ranks 3. Before him are Olaf Tryggvason, and Bjarni Herjólfsson. After him are Harthacnut I of Denmark, Zoe Karbonopsina, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, Constantine of Preslav, Henry of Speyer, Bertha of Swabia, Ibn Sahl, and Abu Sulayman Sijistani.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Al-Maqdisi ranks 125 out of 466. Before him are Israel Tal (1924), Barak (null), Aristobulus II (-100), Yochanan Vollach (1945), Al-Tabarani (873), and Yoav Galant (1958). After him are Frederick VI, Duke of Swabia (1167), Amos Gitai (1950), Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1066), Ali Hassan Salameh (1940), Yigael Yadin (1917), and Yuval Noah Harari (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In Israel

Among politicians born in Israel, Al-Maqdisi ranks 51. Before him are Judah ha-Nasi (135), Shimon bar Yochai (1), Benny Gantz (1959), Barak (null), Aristobulus II (-100), and Yoav Galant (1958). After him are Al-Afdal Shahanshah (1066), Ali Hassan Salameh (1940), Yael Dayan (1939), Valerius Gratus (-50), Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (1907), and Naftali Bennett (1972).

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