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PHILOSOPHER

Al-Shahrastani

1086 - 1153

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Tāj al-Dīn Abū al-Fath Muhammad ibn `Abd al-Karīm ash-Shahrastānī (Arabic: تاج الدين أبو الفتح محمد بن عبد الكريم الشهرستاني; 1086–1153 CE), also known as Muhammad al-Shahrastānī, was an influential Persian historian of religions, a historiographer, Islamic scholar, philosopher and theologian. His book, Kitab al–Milal wa al-Nihal (lit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Shahrastani has received more than 118,458 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Al-Shahrastani is the 524th most popular philosopher (up from 576th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Iran (down from 161st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

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  • 120k

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  • 58.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Al-Shahrastani ranks 524 out of 1,081. Before him are Arthur Danto, Gorakhnath, Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Hegesias of Cyrene, Huiyuan, and Zaleucus. After him are Al-Baydawi, Dharmakirti, Cesare Ripa, Chaïm Perelman, Crates of Mallus, and Georg Henrik von Wright.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1086, Al-Shahrastani ranks 4. Before him are Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, Bolesław III Wrymouth, and Ramiro II of Aragon.  Among people deceased in 1153, Al-Shahrastani ranks 6. Before him are Bernard of Clairvaux, Pope Eugene III, Anna Komnene, David I of Scotland, and Bernard de Tremelay. After him are Gampopa and Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Al-Shahrastani ranks 164 out of 528. Before him are Hussein-Ali Montazeri (1922), Sadegh Hedayat (1903), Sufyan al-Thawri (716), Vologases IV (150), Tiridates I of Armenia (null), and Arsames (-550). After him are Al-Baydawi (1201), Al-Khazini (1077), Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897), Ibn Babawayh (918), Vologases VI (200), and Abbas Mirza (1789).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Al-Shahrastani ranks 10. Before him are Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), Miskawayh (932), Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), Mazdak (450), Mulla Sadra (1571), and Haji Bektash Veli (1209). After him are Al-Baydawi (1201), Al-Taftazani (1322), Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892), Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (1145), Hossein Nasr (1933), and Abdolkarim Soroush (1945).

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