PHILOSOPHER

Al-Tabari

839 - 923

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Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Jarīr ibn Yazīd al-Ṭabarī (Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر مُحَمَّد بْن جَرِير بْن يَزِيد ٱلطَّبَرِيّ; 839–923 CE / 224–310 AH), commonly known as al-Ṭabarī (Arabic: ٱلطَّبَرِيّ), was a Sunni Muslim scholar, polymath, traditionalist, historian, exegete, jurist, and theologian from Amol, Tabaristan, present-day Iran. Among the most prominent figures of the Islamic Golden Age, al-Tabari is widely known for his historical works and expertise in Quranic exegesis, and has been described as "an impressively prolific polymath". He authored works on a diverse range of subjects, including world history, poetry, lexicography, grammar, ethics, mathematics, and medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Tabari has received more than 891,362 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Al-Tabari is the 101st most popular philosopher (up from 115th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Iran (up from 25th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Philosopher.

Al-Tabari is most famous for his tafsir, or commentary on the Quran.

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  • 890k

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  • 77.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Al-Tabari ranks 101 out of 1,267. Before him are Jean Bodin, Boethius, Jeremy Bentham, George Gurdjieff, Roger Bacon, and Anaximenes of Miletus. After him are Aristippus, Jacques Derrida, Roland Barthes, Meister Eckhart, Zhu Xi, and Emil Cioran.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 839, Al-Tabari ranks 2. Before him is Charles the Fat.  Among people deceased in 923, Al-Tabari ranks 1. After him are Robert I of France, Galindo Aznárez II, and Ageltrude.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Al-Tabari ranks 23 out of 631. Before him are Hafez (1325), Ulugh Beg (1394), Cambyses II (-550), Malik-Shah I (1055), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), and Tughril (990). After him are Bodhidharma (483), Tahmasp I (1514), Nader Shah (1688), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Khosrow I (501), and Mansur Al-Hallaj (858).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Al-Tabari ranks 2. Before him are Al-Ghazali (1058). After him are Bodhidharma (483), Bayazid Bastami (804), Miskawayh (932), Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), Mazdak (450), Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Mulla Sadra (1571), Al-Baydawi (1201), and Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892).

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