RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Al-Qushayri

986 - 1072

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'Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawazin Abū al-Qāsim al-Qushayrī al-Naysābūrī (Persian: عبدالکریم قُشَیری‎, Arabic: عبد الكريم بن هوازن بن عبد الملك بن طلحة أبو القاسم القشيري; 986 – 30 December 1072) was an Arab Muslim scholar, theologian, jurist, legal theoretician, commentator of the Qur’an, muhaddith, grammarian, spiritual master, orator, poet, and an eminent scholar who mastered a number of Islamic sciences. Al-Qushayri, combined the routine instruction of a Shafi'i law specialist and Hadith expert (muhaddith) with a solid slant to mysticism and ascetic lifestyle. He was born in Nishapur which is in Khorasan province in Iran. This region was widely known as a center of Islamic civilization up to the 13th Century CE. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Qushayri has received more than 148,110 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Qushayri is the 1,048th most popular religious figure.

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  • 58.97

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.97

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  • 1.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Al-Qushayri ranks 1,048 out of 3,187. Before him are Nahshon, Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, Bao Xishun, Martin of Braga, George Syncellus, and Mechtilde. After him are Mariano Rampolla, Ram, Rupert of Salzburg, Guru Arjan, Thibaud Gaudin, and Felix of Valois.

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Among people born in 986, Al-Qushayri ranks 1. After him is Reginald I, Count of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1072, Al-Qushayri ranks 7. Before him are Alp Arslan, Romanos IV Diogenes, Sancho II of Castile and León, Peter Damian, Ouyang Xiu, and Antipope Honorius II. After him are Bagrat IV of Georgia, Adalbert of Hamburg, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, Asadi Tusi, Ali Hujwiri, and Hawise, Duchess of Brittany.

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