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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 142,896 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Bar Hebraeus is the 1,020th most popular writer (down from 990th in 2019), the 385th most popular biography from Turkey (down from 361st in 2019) and the 24th most popular Turkish Writer.

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

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  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Bar Hebraeus ranks 1,020 out of 5,755. Before him are Tibor Sekelj, Harry Mulisch, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Veronica Franco, James Hadley Chase, and Iris Murdoch. After him are Julien Green, Derek Walcott, Bernhard Schlink, Johannes Valentinus Andreae, Ernst Toller, and Ľudovít Štúr.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Turkey

Among people born in Turkey, Bar Hebraeus ranks 385 out of 1,301. Before him are Tudḫaliya IV (-1300), Apollinaris of Ravenna (101), Ebussuud Efendi (1490), Ayşe Sultan (1605), Nicholas Kanabos (1200), and Şah Sultan (1544). After him are Athanasius the Athonite (920), Anna Porphyrogenita (963), Licinia Eudoxia (422), Antipas of Pergamum (100), Deiphobus (null), and Latife Uşşaki (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Turkey

Among writers born in Turkey, Bar Hebraeus ranks 24. Before him are Gregory of Narek (951), Theodoret (393), Dio Chrysostom (40), Publilius Syrus (-100), Aziz Nesin (1915), and Ahmad Khani (1650). After him are John Malalas (491), Mimnermus (-670), Alcman (-611), Zenodotus (-330), Kassia (810), and Aristophanes of Byzantium (-257).

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