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Alopen

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Alopen (Chinese: 阿羅本, fl. AD 635; also "Aleben", "Aluoben", "Olopen," "Olopan," or "Olopuen") is the first recorded Assyrian Christian missionary to have reached China, during the Tang dynasty. He was a missionary from the Church of the East (also known as the "Nestorian Church"), and probably a Syriac speaker from the Sasanian Empire or from Byzantine Syria. He is known exclusively from the Xi'an Stele, which describes his arrival in the Tang capital of Chang'an in 635 and his acceptance by Emperor Taizong of Tang. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alopen has received more than 121,409 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Alopen is the 11,895th most popular politician, the 134th most popular biography from Syria and the 67th most popular Syrian Politician.

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  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alopen ranks 11,895 out of 19,576. Before him are Wan Li, Richard Ratsimandrava, Theodora Komnene, Dromichaetes, Mirza Davud Huseynov, and Thutmose. After him are David Vunagi, Ricardo Maduro, Pál Losonczi, Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani, Enlil-Nasir II, and Ji Yun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Alopen ranks 56. Before him are Khosrow III, Bashir ibn Sa'd, Al-Bara' ibn Azib, Anthimus I of Constantinople, Gisulf II of Friuli, and Justin. After him are Æthelfrith, Gisulf I of Friuli, Al-Harith ibn Jabalah, Khosrow IV, Eadbald of Kent, and Ceol of Wessex.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Alopen ranks 134 out of 210. Before him are Malchus (450), Maryana Marrash (1848), Najah al-Attar (1933), Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926), Bassel al-Assad (1962), and Cosmas of Maiuma (675). After him are Muhammed Faris (1951), Ghada al-Samman (1942), Émile Eddé (1883), Khalid Bakdash (1912), Sami al-Hinnawi (1898), and Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (1944).

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Among POLITICIANS In Syria

Among politicians born in Syria, Alopen ranks 67. Before him are Assef Shawkat (1950), Antiochus Hierax (-266), Nazim al-Qudsi (1906), Muhammad Naji al-Otari (1944), Najah al-Attar (1933), and Lu'ay al-Atassi (1926). After him are Émile Eddé (1883), Khalid Bakdash (1912), Sami al-Hinnawi (1898), Rezin (null), Salim Idris (1957), and Akram al-Hawrani (1912).

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