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Bar Hebraeus

1226 - 1286

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Gregory Bar Hebraeus (Classical Syriac: ܓܪܝܓܘܪܝܘܣ ܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐ, b. 1226 - d. 30 July 1286), known by his Syriac ancestral surname as Barebraya or Barebroyo, in Arabic sources by his kunya Abu'l-Faraj, and his Latinized name Abulpharagius in the Latin West, was a Maphrian (regional primate) of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1264 to 1286. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bar Hebraeus has received more than 156,454 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Bar Hebraeus is the 978th most popular writer (up from 1,018th in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 383rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Turkish Writer.

Bar Hebraeus is most famous for writing a chronicle of the world from creation to 1284.

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  • 160k

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.39

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bar Hebraeus ranks 978 out of 7,302. Before him are Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, Kurt Eisner, Quintus Tullius Cicero, Tannhäuser, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Donna Leon. After him are H. Rider Haggard, James Hadley Chase, Khachatur Abovian, Will Durant, David Grossman, and Aristarchus of Samothrace.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1226, Bar Hebraeus ranks 2. Before him is Charles I of Anjou. After him are Ata-Malik Juvayni, Guy, Count of Flanders, Bolesław V the Chaste, Sultan Walad, Herman VI, Margrave of Baden, Gertrude of Austria, Ulrich I, Count of Württemberg, Blanche of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany, and Maria of Brabant, Duchess of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1286, Bar Hebraeus ranks 2. Before him is Eric V of Denmark. After him are Alexander III of Scotland, Gurju Khatun, Zhenjin, Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd al-Haqq, William of Moerbeke, John I, Duke of Brittany, Sophia of Denmark, and Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Bar Hebraeus ranks 316 out of 1,347. Before him are Ephorus (-400), Agnes of Antioch (1153), Eutyches (380), Paul of Samosata (200), Anna Porphyrogenita (963), and Maria Laskarina (1206). After him are Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha (null), Nikephoros I of Constantinople (758), Laskarina Bouboulina (1771), Simplicius of Cilicia (490), Mimnermus (-670), and Şehzade Bayezid (1612).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Bar Hebraeus ranks 20. Before him are Novatian (220), Dio Chrysostom (40), Ahmad Khani (1650), Ibn Hawqal (943), Aziz Nesin (1915), and Theodoret (393). After him are Mimnermus (-670), John Malalas (491), Zenodotus (-330), Alcman (-611), Aristophanes of Byzantium (-257), and Publilius Syrus (-100).

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