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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 66,721 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Taftazani is the 622nd most popular philosopher, the 190th most popular biography from Iran and the 12th most popular Iranian Philosopher.

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  • 67k

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  • 56.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Al-Taftazani ranks 622 out of 1,081Before him are Ian Stevenson, Guarino da Verona, Giles of Rome, Florian Znaniecki, Jean Hyppolite, and Ernst Moritz Arndt. After him are Bardaisan, Philo of Larissa, Manuel Chrysoloras, María Zambrano, Karl Christian Friedrich Krause, and Ernst Nolte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1322, Al-Taftazani ranks 3Before him are Nicholas Kabasilas and John Henry, Margrave of Moravia. After him are Emperor Kōmyō, Joanna, Duchess of Brabant, and Dmitry of Suzdal. Among people deceased in 1390, Al-Taftazani ranks 5Before him are Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari, John I of Castile, Robert II of Scotland, and Altichiero. After him are Alexios III of Trebizond, Rupert I, Elector Palatine, Albert of Saxony, Dorothea of Bulgaria, and Keratsa of Bulgaria.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Al-Taftazani ranks 190 out of 528Before him are Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960), Arsaces II of Parthia (-300), Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Ahmad ibn Rustah (null), Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952), and Shutruk-Nakhunte (-1300). After him are Mansour Bahrami (1956), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Sati Beg (1300), Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892), Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (1145), and Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Iran

Among philosophers born in Iran, Al-Taftazani ranks 12Before him are Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), Mazdak (450), Mulla Sadra (1571), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Al-Shahrastani (1086), and Al-Baydawi (1201). After him are Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892), Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (1145), Hossein Nasr (1933), Abdolkarim Soroush (1945), Dariush Shayegan (1935), and Taraneh Javanbakht (1974).