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Aphrahat

280 - 346

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Aphrahat (c. 280–c. 345; Syriac: ܐܦܪܗܛ, Ap̄rahaṭ ,Persian: فرهاد, Arabic: أفراهاط الحكيم, Ancient Greek: Ἀφραάτης, and Latin Aphraates), venerated as Saint Aphrahat the Persian, was a third-century Syriac Christian author of Iranian descent from the Sasanian Empire, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aphrahat has received more than 97,712 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Aphrahat is the 1,945th most popular writer (down from 1,614th in 2019), the 191st most popular biography from Iraq (down from 150th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 98k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.98

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aphrahat ranks 1,945 out of 5,755. Before him are Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail, Jaan Kaplinski, Tony Robbins, Ramón Sampedro, Anton Hansen Tammsaare, and Jean d'Ormesson. After him are Lina Kostenko, Elif Shafak, Junji Ito, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Alfred Bester, and Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 280, Aphrahat ranks 4. Before him are Saint George, Eusebius of Nicomedia, and Saint Susanna. After him is Valeria Maximilla. Among people deceased in 346, Aphrahat ranks 1. 

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Aphrahat ranks 191 out of 338. Before him are Al-Hakim I (1247), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Ibn Muqla (886), Al-Mustadi (1142), Ashurnasirpal I (-1100), and Al-Mustakfi (905). After him are Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), Samsu-Ditana (-1700), Ayad Allawi (1944), An Shigao (101), Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), and Shalmaneser II (-1090).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Aphrahat ranks 14. Before him are Al-Mutanabbi (915), Ibn Sirin (653), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), and Al-Hariri of Basra (1054). After him are Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Al-Farazdaq (641), Al-Asmaʿi (740), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), and Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932).

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