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Ibn Hibban

883 - 965

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Muḥammad ibn Hibbān al-Bustī (Arabic: محمد ابن حبان البستی) (c. 270–354/884–965) was a Muslim polymath and a prominent Shafi'i traditionist, ḥadith critic, evaluator of rijal, compiler and interpreter of hadith. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Hibban has received more than 94,066 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ibn Hibban is the 119th most popular historian (up from 147th in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 64th in 2019) and the most popular Afghan Historian.

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  • 63.61

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ibn Hibban ranks 119 out of 561. Before him are Richard Sennett, Natalie Zemon Davis, Henry Thomas Buckle, Richard Pipes, Leo the Deacon, and Hayden White. After him are Arnold Hauser, Michael Rostovtzeff, Agatharchides, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Thomas Babington Macaulay, and C. Northcote Parkinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 883, Ibn Hibban ranks 1. After him is Burchard II, Duke of Swabia. Among people deceased in 965, Ibn Hibban ranks 7. Before him are Pope Benedict V, Pope Leo VIII, Al-Mutanabbi, Bruno the Great, Arnulf I, Count of Flanders, and Hedwig of Saxony. After him are Gero, Otto, Duke of Burgundy, and Joseph Bringas.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ibn Hibban ranks 52 out of 177. Before him are Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Sher Ali Khan (1825), Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), Inayatullah Khan (1888), and Saman Khuda (701). After him are Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100), Abu Maʿshar (787), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101), Sanai (1080), and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949).

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Among HISTORIANS In Afghanistan

Among historians born in Afghanistan, Ibn Hibban ranks 1. After him are Khvandamir (1475), Minhaj-i-Siraj (1193), and Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī (1413).

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