WRITER

Fuzûlî

1494 - 1556

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Muhammad bin Suleyman (Azerbaijani: Məhəmməd Süleyman oğlu, مَحمد سلیمان اوغلی; 1483–1556), better known by his pen name Fuzuli (Füzuli, فضولی), was a 16th-century poet who composed works in his native Azerbaijani, as well as Persian and Arabic. He is regarded as one of the greatest poets of Turkic literature and a prominent figure in both Azerbaijani and Ottoman literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fuzûlî has received more than 143,168 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Fuzûlî is the 241st most popular writer (up from 299th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 27th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iraqi Writer.

Fuzûlî is most famous for his love poetry.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 73

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Fuzûlî ranks 241 out of 7,302. Before him are Jaroslav Hašek, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Frédéric Mistral, Isabel Allende, Jacob Grimm, and Nikos Kazantzakis. After him are Robert Musil, John Milton, Saadi Shirazi, Halldór Laxness, J. M. G. Le Clézio, and Paula Hitler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1494, Fuzûlî ranks 4. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent, Francis I of France, and François Rabelais. After him are Georgius Agricola, Pontormo, Bona Sforza, Jean Parisot de Valette, Leo Africanus, Rosso Fiorentino, Lucas van Leyden, and William Tyndale. Among people deceased in 1556, Fuzûlî ranks 2. Before him is Ignatius of Loyola. After him are Humayun, Pietro Aretino, Lorenzo Lotto, Thomas Cranmer, Martin Agricola, Frederick II, Elector Palatine, Maximus the Greek, Saitō Dōsan, Tullia d'Aragona, and Richard Chancellor.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Fuzûlî ranks 25 out of 384. Before him are Nebuchadnezzar I (-1200), Alexander IV of Macedon (-323), Ezra (-500), Sargon II (-750), Ahmad Sanjar (1100), and Khosrow II (570). After him are Al-Ma'mun (786), Muhammad al-Mahdi (869), Jalal Talabani (1933), Ismail al-Jazari (1136), Belshazzar (-600), and Al-Ash'ari (873).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Fuzûlî ranks 3. Before him are Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780), and Al-Masudi (896). After him are Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900), Enheduanna (-2300), Berossus (-400), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Ibn Sirin (653), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), and Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718).

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