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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, historian, exegete, jurist, and theologian from Amol, Tabaristan, now in 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 796,549 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Al-Tabari is the 115th most popular philosopher (up from 132nd in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Iran (up from 27th 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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  • 800k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 57

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Al-Tabari ranks 115 out of 1,081. Before him are Pyrrho, Meister Eckhart, Charles Fourier, Gilles Deleuze, John Venn, and Bodhidharma. After him are George Gurdjieff, Emil Cioran, Johann Friedrich Herbart, Zygmunt Bauman, Antisthenes, and Ramon Llull.

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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 25 out of 528. Before him are Hafez (1325), Abu Nuwas (762), Nader Shah (1688), Tahmasp I (1514), Tughril (990), and Mansur Al-Hallaj (858). After him are Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Khosrow I (501), Darius II (-475), Ferdowsi (940), and Salman the Persian (568).

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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 Bayazid Bastami (804), Fakhr al-Din al-Razi (1149), Miskawayh (932), Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), Mazdak (450), Mulla Sadra (1571), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Al-Shahrastani (1086), Al-Baydawi (1201), and Al-Taftazani (1322).

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