WRITER

Furqat

1858 - 1909

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Zokirjon Xolmuhammad oʻgʻli (Uzbek: Zokirjon Xolmuhammad oʻgʻli, Зокиржон Ҳолмуҳаммад ўғли) (1859–1909), better known by his pen name Furqat, was an Uzbek author, poet, and political activist. He had a major influence on the development of modern Uzbek literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Furqat has received more than 20,455 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Furqat is the 5,174th most popular writer, the 69th most popular biography from Uzbekistan and the 9th most popular Uzbekistani Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 20k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Urdū adab men̲ t̤anz o mizāḥ
Urdu wit and humor
1964
Sheʺrii︠a︡tidan
1980
Ek rāt men̲ tīn sho
1965
Ṣaid o hadaf
Ṣaid o hadaf
Saylanma
2009

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Furqat ranks 5,174 out of 7,302. Before him are Ekaterine Gabashvili, János Pilinszky, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Mats Wahl, Elinor Glyn, and Anna Brigadere. After him are Philippe Néricault Destouches, John Kaminiates, Adelaide Anne Procter, Alexander Odoevsky, Tony Duvert, and Ruth Klüger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, Furqat ranks 120. Before him are Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, John Russell, Sara Adler, Joseph Thomson, and Beatrice Webb. After him are Dimitar Petkov, Mary Adela Blagg, Richard Friedrich Johannes Pfeiffer, Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, Victorino Márquez Bustillos, and János Fadrusz. Among people deceased in 1909, Furqat ranks 85. Before him are Laura Theresa Alma-Tadema, Higinio Uriarte, Otto Sinding, Karel Halíř, Nicolaas Pierson, and Hugo Egmont Hørring. After him are Miguel Antonio Caro, William Powell Frith, Carl Bolle, Clorinda Matto de Turner, Petre S. Aurelian, and Peter Lesgaft.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Furqat ranks 69 out of 190. Before him are Refat Chubarov (1957), Oksana Chusovitina (1975), Salizhan Sharipov (1964), Lev Avnerovich Leviev (1956), Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev (1930), and Shuhrat Abbosov (1931). After him are Vasilis Hatzipanagis (1954), Ella Pamfilova (1953), Maksim Shatskikh (1978), Abdulhashim Mutalov (1947), Galina Shamrai (1931), and Sabir Yunusov (1909).

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Among WRITERS In Uzbekistan

Among writers born in Uzbekistan, Furqat ranks 9. Before him are Abdurauf Fitrat (1885), Nodira (1792), Gʻafur Gʻulom (1903), Zulfiya (1915), Choʻlpon (1897), and El-Registan (1899). After him are Dina Rubina (1953), and Khosiyat Rustam (1971).

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