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Ibn 'Abd al-Barr

978 - 1071

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Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, Abū ʿUmar al-Namarī al-Andalusī al-Qurṭubī al-Mālikī, commonly known as Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (Arabic: ابن عبد البر) was an eleventh-century Maliki scholar and Athari theologian who served as the Qadi of Lisbon. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr has received more than 124,518 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn 'Abd al-Barr is the 1,882nd most popular writer, the 658th most popular biography from Spain and the 68th most popular Spanish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Al-Istidhkar Li-Madhahib Ulama Al-Amsar Fima Tadammanahu Al-Muwatta Min Maani Al-Ray Wa-Al-Athar
2023
al- Qaṣd wa-al-umam fī al-taʻrīf bi-uṣūl ansāb al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻAjam
Genealogy, Early works to 1800
1985
al- Tamhīd li-mā fī al-Muwaṭṭaʼ min al-maʻānī wa-al-asānīd
Early works to 1800, Islamic law, Commentaries
1900
al- Istīʻāb fī maʻrifat al-aṣḥāb
Companions, Early works to 1800
1960
Al- Isti'ab fi ma'rifat al-ashab
Companions
1901
Istighnāʾ fī maʻrifat al-mashhūrīn min ḥamalat al-ʻilm bi-al-kuná
Early works to 1800, Authorities, Hadith
1985
Al-Istidhkar Li-Madhahib Ulama Al-Amsar Fima Tadammanahu Al-Muwatta Min Maani Al-Ray Wa-Al-Athar
2023
Istighnāʾ fī maʻrifat al-mashhūrīn min ḥamalat al-ʻilm bi-al-kuná
Early works to 1800, Authorities, Hadith
1985
al- Tamhīd li-mā fī al-Muwaṭṭaʼ min al-maʻānī wa-al-asānīd
Early works to 1800, Islamic law, Commentaries
1900
Ikhtilāf aqwāl Mālik wa-aṣḥābih
Early works to 1800, Malikites, Islamic law
2003
al- ʻIlm va al-ʻulamāʼ
Hadith (Selections: Extracts, etc.), Islam and science, Hadith
On the pursuit of knowledge based on the Koran and Hadith.
1962
Kitāb al-kāfī fī fiqh ahl al-Madīnah al-Mālikī
Malikites, Islamic law, Hadith
1978

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr ranks 1,882 out of 7,302. Before him are Xenophon of Ephesus, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, Doppo Kunikida, Johnston McCulley, Jovan Dučić, and Khurshidbanu Natavan. After him are Stig Dagerman, Victoria Ocampo, Chuck Palahniuk, Shirley Jackson, Hierocles of Alexandria, and Marko Vovchok.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 978, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr ranks 5. Before him are Yaroslav the Wise, Zoë Porphyrogenita, Cunigunde of Luxembourg, and Sviatopolk I of Kiev.  Among people deceased in 1071, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr ranks 3. Before him are Arnulf III, Count of Flanders, and Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. After him are Domenico I Contarini, Ibn Zaydún, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, Eleanor of Normandy, Nuno Mendes, and Edwin, Earl of Mercia.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr ranks 658 out of 3,355. Before him are Paulo da Gama (1465), Lina Romay (1954), Francisco Herrera the Elder (1576), Abbot Oliba (971), Rosalía Mera (1944), and Eleanor of Castile (1191). After him are Abd al-Rahman V (1001), Julio González (1876), Luis de León (1527), José de Espronceda (1808), Dionisio Aguado y García (1784), and Najwa Nimri (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr ranks 68. Before him are Sabino Arana (1865), Miguel Hernández (1910), Juan Donoso Cortés (1809), Antonio de Nebrija (1441), Josep Pla (1897), and Abbot Oliba (971). After him are Luis de León (1527), José de Espronceda (1808), José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell (1920), Pedro Antonio de Alarcón (1833), Cristóbal de Morales (1600), and Jaume Cabré (1947).

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