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Ferdowsi

940 - 1020

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Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (Persian: ابوالقاسم فردوسی توسی; 940 – 1019/1025), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (فردوسی), was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking countries. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdowsi has received more than 1,144,449 page views. His biography is available in 98 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 97 in 2019). Ferdowsi is the 210th most popular writer (down from 149th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Iran (down from 19th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iranian Writer.

The Persian poet Ferdowsi is most famous for his epic poem, the Shahnameh, which is the national epic of Iran.

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  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 72.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 98

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 7.10

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ferdowsi ranks 210 out of 5,755. Before him are Stéphane Mallarmé, Friedrich Hölderlin, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Chinghiz Aitmatov, Colette, and Wisława Szymborska. After him are Pierre Corneille, Pearl S. Buck, Adam Mickiewicz, Arthur C. Clarke, Anna Komnene, and Geoffrey Chaucer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 940, Ferdowsi ranks 2. Before him is Hugh Capet. After him are Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Mieszko I of Poland, Eadwig, Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Leopold I, Margrave of Austria, Doubravka of Bohemia, Henry III, Duke of Bavaria, Baldwin III, Count of Flanders, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, and Abū Sahl al-Qūhī. Among people deceased in 1020, Ferdowsi ranks 2. Before him is Leif Erikson. After him are Abhinavagupta, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, Al-Sijzi, Trdat, Malusha, Melus of Bari, Gagik I of Armenia, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, and Ælfric of Eynsham.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ferdowsi ranks 30 out of 528. Before him are Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Al-Tabari (839), Nizam al-Mulk (1018), Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Khosrow I (501), and Darius II (-475). After him are Salman the Persian (568), Doris Lessing (1919), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Reza Shah (1878), Antiochus III the Great (-241), and Ardashir I (180).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Ferdowsi ranks 5. Before him are Ismail I (1487), Hafez (1325), Abu Nuwas (762), and Mansur Al-Hallaj (858). After him are Doris Lessing (1919), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Jami (1414), Attar of Nishapur (1145), and Magtymguly Pyragy (1733).

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