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Buhturi

819 - 897

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Al-Walīd ibn Ubaidillah Al-Buḥturī (Arabic: أبو الوليد بن عبيدالله البحتري التنوخي, romanized: al-Walīd ibn `Ubayd Allāh al-Buhturī) (821–97 AD; 206–84 AH) was an Arab poet born at Manbij in Islamic Syria, between Aleppo and the Euphrates. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Buhturi has received more than 55,146 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Buhturi is the 3,715th most popular writer (down from 3,221st in 2019), the 141st most popular biography from Syria (down from 117th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Syrian Writer.

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  • 55k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Buhturi ranks 3,715 out of 7,302Before him are Mustai Karim, Borisav Stanković, Nataliya Kobrynska, Al-Nabigha, Joe Haldeman, and Galaktion Tabidze. After him are Grigore Vieru, Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa, Janet Asimov, Évariste de Parny, Eva Mozes Kor, and Bhalchandra Nemade.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 819, Buhturi ranks 1 Among people deceased in 897, Buhturi ranks 6Before him are Pope Stephen VI, Pope Romanus, Pope Theodore II, Wilfred the Hairy, and Jinseong of Silla. After him is Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Buhturi ranks 141 out of 210Before him are Muhammed Faris (1951), Ghada al-Samman (1942), Émile Eddé (1883), Khalid Bakdash (1912), Sami al-Hinnawi (1898), and Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (1944). After him are Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Rezin (null), Salim Idris (1957), Francis Marrash (1837), Akram al-Hawrani (1912), and Abu Shama (1203).

Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Buhturi ranks 18Before him are Alciphron (200), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), John Moschus (550), Elia Abu Madi (1890), Maryana Marrash (1848), and Ghada al-Samman (1942). After him are Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Francis Marrash (1837), Jacob of Edessa (633), Ameen Rihani (1876), Wafa Sultan (1958), and Rafik Schami (1946).