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Ibn Hisham

701 - 833

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Abu Muhammad Abd al-Malik ibn Hisham ibn Ayyub al-Himyari (Arabic: أَبُو مُحَمَّدٌ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ بْنُ أَيُّوبَ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ, romanized: Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Hishām ibn Ayyūb al-Ḥimyarī; died 7 May 833), known simply as Ibn Hisham, was a 9th-century Abbasid historian and scholar. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Hisham has received more than 356,542 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Ibn Hisham is the 590th most popular religious figure (down from 570th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 48th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

Ibn Hisham was a historian and geographer. He is most famous for his work Kitab al-Tabaghat al-Kubra, which is a history of the world from creation to 961.

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  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ibn Hisham ranks 590 out of 3,187. Before him are Anna the Prophetess, Edward the Confessor, Umm Kulthum bint Ali, Ansgar, Marcel Lefebvre, and Joseph of Cupertino. After him are Nachman of Breslov, Pope Marcellinus, Columbanus, Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Jethro, and Nichiren.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 701, Ibn Hisham ranks 2. Before him is Li Bai. After him are Yazid III, Emperor Shōmu, Tzitzak, Saman Khuda, John VII of Constantinople, Yahya ibn Khalid, Al-Khayzuran, Thekla, wife of Michael II, Euphemius, and Theophano of Athens. Among people deceased in 833, Ibn Hisham ranks 2. Before him is Al-Ma'mun. After him are Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar, García Galíndez, and Enravota.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ibn Hisham ranks 55 out of 384. Before him are Nahum (-600), Mustafa Barzani (1903), Ashurnasirpal II (-1000), Al-Mutawakkil (822), Junayd of Baghdad (830), and Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914). After him are Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941), Ya'qubi (801), Fuad Masum (1938), Tariq Aziz (1936), Al-Amin (787), and Šuppiluliuma I (-1344).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Ibn Hisham ranks 11. Before him are Rabia of Basra (710), Ezra (-500), Muhammad al-Mahdi (869), Belshazzar (-600), Eber (-2038), and Junayd of Baghdad (830). After him are Hillel the Elder (-110), Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935), Nahor, son of Serug (-1912), Ibn Qutaybah (828), Ahmad al-Rifaʽi (1118), and Suhayb ar-Rumi (587).

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