WRITER

Daqiqi

1000 - 977

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Abu Mansur Daqiqi (Persian: ابومنصور دقیقی), better simply known as Daqiqi (دقیقی), was one of the most prominent Persian poets of the Samanid era. He was the first to undertake the creation of the national epic of Iran, the Shahnameh, but was killed in 977 after only completing 1,000 verses. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daqiqi has received more than 49,756 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Daqiqi is the 2,129th most popular writer (down from 1,964th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Iran (down from 200th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Iranian Writer.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.34

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  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Daqiqi ranks 2,129 out of 7,302Before him are Stefania Wilczyńska, Al-Sharif al-Radi, James Boswell, Pavel Kohout, Savitri Devi, and Guðbergur Bergsson. After him are Aphra Behn, Luís Fróis, Almeida Garrett, Kenneth Grahame, William Caxton, and Salvador de Madariaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1000, Daqiqi ranks 35Before him are Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir, Sweyn Haakonsson, Ali ibn Hammud al-Nasir, Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia, Herman II, Duke of Swabia, and Stephen Držislav of Croatia. After him are Adalbert of Hamburg, Conan I of Rennes, Rabia Balkhi, Sigfrid of Sweden, Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia, and Lambert I, Count of Louvain. Among people deceased in 977, Daqiqi ranks 3Before him are Boris II of Bulgaria, and Doubravka of Bohemia. After him are Ashot III of Armenia, and Amlaíb, King of Scotland.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Daqiqi ranks 222 out of 631Before him are Sati Beg (1300), Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), Fazlollah Zahedi (1897), Gotarzes I (-200), Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919), and Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281). After him are Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (838), Ibn al-Faqih (null), Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (1500), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), and Amir Kabir (1807).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Daqiqi ranks 22Before him are Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Sadegh Hedayat (1903), Baba Tahir (947), Táhirih (1817), Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), and Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281). After him are Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (967), Nima Yooshij (1897), and Raffi (1835).