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Antarah ibn Shaddad

525 - 615

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Antarah ibn Shaddad al-Absi (Arabic: عنترة بن شداد العبسي), ʿAntarah ibn Shaddād al-ʿAbsī; AD 525–608), also known as ʿAntar, was a pre-Islamic African-Arab knight and poet, famous for both his poetry and his adventurous life. His chief poem forms part of the Mu'allaqāt, the collection of seven "hanging odes" legendarily said to have been suspended in the Kaaba at Mecca. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Antarah ibn Shaddad has received more than 436,925 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Antarah ibn Shaddad is the 1,181st most popular writer (up from 1,237th in 2019), the 114th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 110th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Saudi Arabian Writer.

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  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Antarah ibn Shaddad ranks 1,181 out of 5,755. Before him are Adolfo Bioy Casares, Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Chinua Achebe, Arthur Hailey, Matteo Bandello, and Tove Ditlevsen. After him are Kassia, Edith Södergran, Thomas De Quincey, Gottfried Keller, Henri Murger, and Herrad of Landsberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 525, Antarah ibn Shaddad ranks 3. Before him are Pope Benedict I and Liuvigild. After him are Alexander of Tralles, Justinian, and Aneirin. Among people deceased in 615, Antarah ibn Shaddad ranks 5. Before him are Pope Boniface IV, Sumayyah bint Khabbat, Columbanus, and Abdullah ibn Muhammad.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Antarah ibn Shaddad ranks 114 out of 251. Before him are Abd Manaf ibn Qusai (430), Empress Jitō (645), Ubayy ibn Ka'b (600), Abul Kalam Azad (1888), Wasil ibn Ata (700), and Ali of Hejaz (1879). After him are Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (null), Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz (1910), Al-Khansa (575), Al-Waqidi (747), Hassan ibn Thabit (554), and 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (616).

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Among WRITERS In Saudi Arabia

Among writers born in Saudi Arabia, Antarah ibn Shaddad ranks 3. Before him are Jamal Khashoggi (1958) and Imru' al-Qais (501). After him are Al-Khansa (575), Hassan ibn Thabit (554), Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (600), Al-A'sha (570), and Raif Badawi (1984).

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