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Al-Tahawi

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Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī (Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر أَحْمَد ٱلطَّحَاوِيّ, romanized: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī) (853 – 5 November 933), commonly known as at-Tahawi (Arabic: ٱلطَّحَاوِيّ, romanized: aṭ-Ṭaḥāwī), was an Egyptian Arab Hanafi jurist and Traditionalist theologian. He studied with his uncle al-Muzani and was a Shafi'i jurist, before then changing to the Hanafi school. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Tahawi has received more than 165,309 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Al-Tahawi is the 18th most popular lawyer (up from 20th in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 220th in 2019) and the most popular Egyptian Lawyer.

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  • 170k

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  • 61.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among LAWYERS

Among lawyers, Al-Tahawi ranks 18 out of 136. Before him are Tobias Asser, Rudolf von Jhering, Leo Frank, Tribonian, Muhammad al-Shaybani, and Raphael Lemkin. After him are Carla Del Ponte, Al-Mawardi, John F. Kennedy Jr., Irnerius, Peter Benenson, and Fabian von Schlabrendorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 853, Al-Tahawi ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 935, Al-Tahawi ranks 2. Before him is Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia. After him are Drahomíra, Arethas of Caesarea, Mardavij, and Trpimir II of Croatia.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Al-Tahawi ranks 186 out of 642. Before him are Saadia Gaon (882), Cleopatra Thea (-164), Al-Ashraf Khalil (1260), Menelaus of Alexandria (70), Basilides (117), and Psusennes II (-1100). After him are Intef III (-2050), Abdel Halim Hafez (1929), Tewfik Pasha (1852), Merit-Ptah (-2700), Amenhotep, son of Hapu (-1420), and Al-Adid (1149).

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Among LAWYERS In Egypt

Among lawyers born in Egypt, Al-Tahawi ranks 1. After him are Qasim Amin (1863), and Aisha Rateb (1928).

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