915 - 965
Abū al-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī al-Kindī (Arabic: أبو الطيب أحمد بن الحسين المتنبّي الكندي; c. 915 – 23 September 965 AD) from Kufa, Abbasid Caliphate, was a famous Abbasid-era Arabian poet at the court of the Hamdanid emir Sayf al-Dawla in Aleppo, and for whom he composed 300 folios of poetry. His poetic style earned him great popularity in his time and many of his poems are not only still widely read in today's Arab world but are considered to be proverbial. He started writing poetry when he was nine years old. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Mutanabbi has received more than 428,280 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Al-Mutanabbi is the 1,036th most popular writer (up from 1,108th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 89th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Iraqi Writer.
Al-Mutanabbi is most famous for his poetry. He is considered one of the best poets in the Arab world.
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Among writers, Al-Mutanabbi ranks 1,036 out of 5,755. Before him are Jerome K. Jerome, Marcus Minucius Felix, John Malalas, Will Durant, Corinna, and Robert Merle. After him are Bulat Okudzhava, Sonia Rykiel, Ellen Key, Bharata Muni, Khachatur Abovian, and Robert de Montesquiou.
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 1,030
110 - 260
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 1,031
491 - 578
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,032
1885 - 1981
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 1,033
501 BC - 501 BC
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 1,034
1908 - 2004
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 1,035
915 - 965
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 1,036
1924 - 1997
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 1,037
1930 - 2016
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 1,038
1849 - 1926
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 1,039
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,040
1805 - 1848
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,041
1855 - 1921
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,042
Among people born in 915, Al-Mutanabbi ranks 3. Before him are Al-Hakam II and Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. After him are Burchard III, Duke of Swabia, Conrad I, Duke of Swabia, and Leo Phokas the Younger. Among people deceased in 965, Al-Mutanabbi ranks 3. Before him are Pope Benedict V and Pope Leo VIII. After him are Bruno the Great, Hedwig of Saxony, Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, Gero, Ibn Hibban, Otto, Duke of Burgundy, and Joseph Bringas.
915 - 976
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 1
915 - 967
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 2
915 - 965
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 3
915 - 973
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 4
915 - 997
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 5
915 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 6
930 - 965
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 1
900 - 965
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 2
915 - 965
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 3
925 - 965
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 4
922 - 965
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 5
889 - 965
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 6
900 - 965
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 7
883 - 965
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 8
945 - 965
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 9
950 - 965
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 10
Among people born in Iraq, Al-Mutanabbi ranks 94 out of 338. Before him are Rashid ad-Din Sinan (1130), Sajida Talfah (1937), Haran (null), Ahmad ibn Tulun (835), Ziusudra (null), and Al-Muntasir (837). After him are Samsu-iluna (-1792), Nouri al-Maliki (1950), Banū Mūsā (900), Enmerkar (-2500), Parysatis (-500), and Adad-nirari I (-1400).
1130 - 1192
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 88
1937 - Present
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 89
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 90
835 - 884
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 91
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 92
837 - 862
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 93
915 - 965
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 94
1792 BC - 1712 BC
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 95
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 96
900 - 873
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 97
2500 BC - Present
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 98
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 99
1400 BC - 1274 BC
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 100
Among writers born in Iraq, Al-Mutanabbi ranks 8. Before him are Al-Masudi (896), Fuzûlî (1494), Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900), Enheduanna (-2300), Berossus (-400), and Ibn al-Jawzi (1116). After him are Ibn Sirin (653), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), and Aphrahat (280).
896 - 956
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 2
1494 - 1556
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 3
900 - 960
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 4
2300 BC - 2300 BC
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 5
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 6
1116 - 1200
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 7
915 - 965
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 8
653 - 729
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 9
1000 - 995
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 10
1211 - 1282
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 11
718 - 790
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 12
1054 - 1122
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 13
280 - 346
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 14