RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ali Hujwiri

1009 - 1072

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Abu al-Hasan Ali ibn Uthman al-Jullabi al-Hujwiri (Persian: ابو الحسن علی بن عثمان الجلابی الھجویری, romanized: Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn ʿUthmān al-Jullābī al-Hujwīrī; c. 1009-1072/77), known reverentially as Data Sahib (Persian: داتا صاحب, romanized: Dātā Ṣaḥib), was an Islamic scholar and mystic who authored Kashf al-Mahjub, the earliest treatise on Sufism in the Persian language. Born in the Ghaznavid Empire, al-Hujwiri is believed to have contributed "significantly" to the spread of Islam in South Asia through his preaching. Al-Hujwiri is venerated as the primary saint of Lahore, Pakistan by the Sufis of the area and his tomb-shrine, known as the Data Darbar, is one of the most frequented shrines in South Asia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali Hujwiri has received more than 653,315 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ali Hujwiri is the 2,130th most popular religious figure (down from 2,046th in 2019), the 89th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 88th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Afghan Religious Figure.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ali Hujwiri ranks 2,130 out of 3,187. Before him are Luigi Maglione, Reinhard Marx, Euthymius of Tarnovo, Jeralean Talley, Maxim of Bulgaria, and Paulo Evaristo Arns. After him are Parmenas, Antonio María Javierre Ortas, Pasquier Quesnel, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, Flavio Chigi, and Constantine Leichoudes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1009, Ali Hujwiri ranks 8. Before him are Peter Delyan, Emperor Go-Suzaku, Adela of France, Al-Sarakhsi, Albert Azzo II, Margrave of Milan, and George the Hagiorite. After him is García Sánchez of Castile. Among people deceased in 1072, Ali Hujwiri ranks 12. Before him are Antipope Honorius II, Al-Qushayri, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Adalbert of Hamburg, Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, and Asadi Tusi. After him are Hawise, Duchess of Brittany, Hereward the Wake, and Stigand.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ali Hujwiri ranks 89 out of 177. Before him are Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Ibrahim al-Nazzam (760), Afghan Girl (1972), Abdul Qadir (1944), and Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959). After him are Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Mahmud Tarzi (1865), Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), and Amrullah Saleh (1972).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Afghanistan

Among religious figures born in Afghanistan, Ali Hujwiri ranks 4. Before him are Abu Dawood (817), Ibrahim ibn Adham (718), and Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006). After him are Abdul Rahman (1965).

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