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Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani

967 - 1007

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Badi' al-Zamān al-Hamadānī or al-Hamadhānī (Arabic: بديع الزمان الهمذاني التغلبي‎; 969 in Hamadan – 1007) was a medieval Persian man of letters who wrote in Arabic. He is best known for his work the Maqamat Badi' az-Zaman al-Hamadhani, a collection of 52 episodic stories of a rogue, Abu al-Fath al-Iskandari, as recounted by a narrator, 'Isa b. Hisham. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani has received more than 64,906 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani is the 2,531st most popular writer (up from 2,581st in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from Iran (down from 230th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Iranian Writer.

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  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani has had the most page views in the with 54,466 views, followed by English (8,360), and Persian (4,130). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (135.22%), Serbo-Croatian (73.66%), and Russian (58.23%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani ranks 2,531 out of 7,302. Before him are John Edward Williams, John Mandeville, Jung Chang, Heinz G. Konsalik, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, and André Pieyre de Mandiargues. After him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Ottavio Rinuccini, Nima Yooshij, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, Na Hye-sok, and Aristeas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 967, Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani ranks 6. Before him are Bolesław I the Brave, Louis V of France, Emperor Kazan, Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr, and Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine.  Among people deceased in 1007, Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani ranks 2. Before him is Maslama al-Majriti. After him is Urraca Fernández.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani ranks 249 out of 631. Before him are Orodes I of Parthia (-190), Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani (798), Morteza Motahhari (1919), Marjane Satrapi (1969), Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948), and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933). After him are Nima Yooshij (1897), Raffi (1835), Mohammad Beheshti (1928), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Ubayd Zakani (1301), and Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani ranks 26. Before him are Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), Daqiqi (1000), Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), and Ahmad Shamlou (1925). After him are Nima Yooshij (1897), Raffi (1835), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Ubayd Zakani (1301), Asadi Tusi (999), and Abolqasem Lahouti (1887).

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