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Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani

1372 - 1449

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Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī (Arabic: ابن حجر العسقلاني; 18 February 1372 – 2 February 1449 CE / 773 – 852 A.H.), 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 Shafi'i 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 41,291 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani is the 43rd most popular historian, the 109th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 107th 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 43 out of 339. Before him are Erwin Panofsky, Leonardo Bruni, Lucien Febvre, Samuel von Pufendorf, Aby Warburg, and Ernst Gombrich. After him are Ali ibn al-Athir, Niketas Choniates, Jared Diamond, François Guizot, Poggio Bracciolini, and Tzvetan Todorov.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani ranks 109 out of 582. Before him are Djet (-3000), Mohamed ElBaradei (1942), Isma'il Pasha (1830), Cleopatra V of Egypt (-100), Al-Suyuti (1445), and Georges Moustaki (1934). After him are Maria al-Qibtiyya (600), Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (1935), Al-Kamil (1177), Seqenenre Tao (-1600), Sekhemkhet (-2800), and Alexander Helios (-40).

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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), Yahya of Antioch (980), Al-Nuwayri (1279), Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754), and H. A. R. Gibb (1895).

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