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Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

1372 - 1449

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Sheikhul Islam Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (Arabic: ابن حجر العسقلاني; 18 February 1372 – 2 February 1449), or simply ibn Ḥajar, was a classic Islamic scholar "whose life work constitutes the final summation of the science of hadith." He authored some 150 works on hadith, history, biography, exegesis, poetry, and the Shafi'i school of jurisprudence, the most valued of which being his commentary of Sahih al-Bukhari, titled Fath al-Bari. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani has received more than 41,775 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani is the 40th most popular historian (up from 43rd in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 108th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Egyptian Historian.

Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani is most famous for his commentary on the hadith collection of Imam al-Bukhari.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani ranks 40 out of 561. Before him are Ibn Ishaq, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Eric Hobsbawm, Jacques Le Goff, Adam of Bremen, and Ali ibn al-Athir. After him are Lucien Febvre, Samuel von Pufendorf, Erwin Panofsky, Euhemerus, François Guizot, and Leonardo Bruni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1372, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani ranks 1. After him are Louis I, Duke of Orléans, Helena Dragaš, Olivera Despina, Elizabeth Granowska, and Al-Salih Hajji. Among people deceased in 1449, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani ranks 2. Before him is Ulugh Beg. After him are Hüma Hatun, Emine Hatun, Peter, Duke of Coimbra, Louis IV, Elector Palatine, and Konrad von Erlichshausen.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani ranks 106 out of 642. Before him are Djet (-3000), Mohamed ElBaradei (1942), Ramesses VI (-1175), Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (1935), Meritaten (-1400), and Kamose (-1600). After him are Shepseskaf (-2600), Seti II (-1300), Ptolemy VII Neos Philopator (-152), Dorothy Hodgkin (1910), Amasis II (-700), and Al-Suyuti (1445).

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Among HISTORIANS In Egypt

Among historians born in Egypt, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani ranks 3. Before him are Manetho (-201), and Eric Hobsbawm (1917). After him are Theophylact Simocatta (580), Al-Maqrizi (1364), Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754), Yahya of Antioch (980), Al-Nuwayri (1279), and H. A. R. Gibb (1895).

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