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Al-Zamakhshari

1075 - 1144

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Abu al-Qasim Mahmud ibn Umar al-Zamakhshari (Arabic: الزمخشري; 1074 –1143) was a medieval Muslim scholar of Iranian descent. He travelled to Mecca and settled there for five years and has been known since then as 'Jar Allah' (God's Neighbor). He was a Mu'tazilite theologian, linguist, poet and interpreter of the Quran. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Zamakhshari has received more than 191,073 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Al-Zamakhshari is the 569th most popular writer (up from 610th in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Turkmenistan (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Turkmen Writer.

Al-Zamakhshari is most famous for his work on the Qur'an, Tafsir al-Kashshaf.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Al-Zamakhshari ranks 569 out of 7,302. Before him are Marina Tsvetaeva, Sidney Sheldon, A. A. Milne, Faxian, Romain Gary, and William S. Burroughs. After him are Harry Martinson, Gaius Julius Hyginus, Jaroslav Seifert, Laurence Sterne, Denis of Portugal, and Sayat-Nova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1075, Al-Zamakhshari ranks 2. Before him is Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Adelard of Bath, Henry IX, Duke of Bavaria, Emperor Tianzuo of Liao, Emperor Taizong of Jin, Kim Bu-sik, Orderic Vitalis, Soběslav I, Duke of Bohemia, and Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney. Among people deceased in 1144, Al-Zamakhshari ranks 2. Before him is Pope Celestine II. After him are Matthew of Edessa, Berenguer Ramon, Count of Provence, and Salomea of Berg.

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In Turkmenistan

Among people born in Turkmenistan, Al-Zamakhshari ranks 7 out of 50. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780), Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199), Abu Muslim (718), Saparmurat Niyazov (1940), Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957), and Al-Nasa'i (829). After him are Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Ibn Khordadbeh (820), Chaghri Beg (989), Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (736), Al-Muqanna (800), and Najm al-Din Kubra (1145).

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Among WRITERS In Turkmenistan

Among writers born in Turkmenistan, Al-Zamakhshari ranks 1. After him are Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Anvari (1126), and Berdi Kerbabayev (1894).

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