PHILOSOPHER

Al-Taftazani

1322 - 1390

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Sa'ad al-Din Masud ibn Umar ibn Abd Allah al-Taftazani (Persian: سعدالدین مسعودبن عمربن عبداللّه هروی خراسانی تفتازانی) also known as Al-Taftazani and Taftazani (1322–1390) was a Muslim Persian polymath. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Taftazani has received more than 77,732 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Taftazani is the 608th most popular philosopher (up from 622nd in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Iran (up from 190th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

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  • 57.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Al-Taftazani ranks 608 out of 1,267. Before him are Hu Shih, Abhinavagupta, Paul Nizan, Peter Deunov, Thomas Reid, and Crates of Mallus. After him are Jean Hyppolite, Antonio Rosmini, Roman Ingarden, Constantin von Tischendorf, R. G. Collingwood, and Hermann Samuel Reimarus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1322, Al-Taftazani ranks 2. Before him is Nicholas Kabasilas. After him are Emperor Kōmyō, John Henry, Margrave of Moravia, Joanna, Duchess of Brabant, and Dmitry of Suzdal. Among people deceased in 1390, Al-Taftazani ranks 5. Before him are Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari, John I of Castile, Robert II of Scotland, and Altichiero. After him are Alexios III of Trebizond, Dorothea of Bulgaria, Keratsa of Bulgaria, Rupert I, Elector Palatine, Albert of Saxony, John I, Duke of Lorraine, and Giusto de' Menabuoi.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Al-Taftazani ranks 187 out of 631. Before him are Googoosh (1950), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Pacorus I (-63), Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892), Arsames (-550), and Apama (-400). After him are Shahrokh Shah (1734), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Simko Shikak (1887), Baba Tahir (947), Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952), and Ibn Khuzayma (838).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Al-Taftazani ranks 13. Before him are 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). After him are Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (1145), Hossein Nasr (1933), Abdolkarim Soroush (1945), Dariush Shayegan (1935), and Taraneh Javanbakht (1974).

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