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Al-Masudi

896 - 956

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al-Masʿūdī (full name Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Masʿūdī, أبو الحسن علي بن الحسين بن علي المسعودي), c. 896–956, was a historian, geographer and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the "Herodotus of the Arabs". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Masudi has received more than 496,295 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Al-Masudi is the 193rd most popular writer (up from 229th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Writer.

Al-Masudi is most famous for his book, "The Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems," which is a history of the world from Creation to the year 947.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 76.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Al-Masudi ranks 193 out of 7,302. Before him are Murasaki Shikibu, Stanisław Lem, Lope de Vega, Eckhart Tolle, Janusz Korczak, and Lu Xun. After him are Friedrich Hölderlin, Juvenal, Luís de Camões, Roald Dahl, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, and William Blake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 896, Al-Masudi ranks 1. After him are Gyeongsun of Silla, Zoltán of Hungary, and Časlav. Among people deceased in 956, Al-Masudi ranks 1. After him are Hugh the Great, Ordoño III of León, Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy, Theophylact of Constantinople, and Urraca Sánchez of Pamplona.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Masudi ranks 18 out of 384. Before him are Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780), Ibn al-Haytham (965), Mani (216), Rabia of Basra (710), Nur ad-Din (1116), and Zaha Hadid (1950). After him are Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), Ezra (-500), Sargon II (-750), Ahmad Sanjar (1100), and Khosrow II (570).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Al-Masudi ranks 2. Before him are Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780). After him are Fuzûlî (1494), Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900), Enheduanna (-2300), Berossus (-400), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Ibn Sirin (653), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), and Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718).

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