HISTORIAN

Ibn Ishaq

704 - 767

Ibn Ishaq

Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasar al-Muttalibi (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْدُ ٱلله مُحَمَّد ٱبْن إِسْحَاق ٱبْن يَسَار ٱلْمُطَّلِبيّ, romanized: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʾIsḥāq ibn Yasār al-Muṭṭalibī; c. 704–767), known simply as Ibn Ishaq, was an 8th-century Muslim historian and hagiographer. Ibn Ishaq, also known by the title ṣāḥib al-sīra, collected oral traditions that formed the basis of an important biography of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Ishaq has received more than 687,988 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Ibn Ishaq is the 34th most popular historian (up from 36th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 59th in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Historian.

Ibn Ishaq is most famous for his work, "The Life of Muhammad," which is a biography of the Prophet Muhammad.

Memorability Metrics

690k
Page Views (PV)
68.27
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
41
Languages Editions (L)
7.52
Effective Languages (L*)
2.83
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ibn Ishaq ranks 34 out of 561. Before him are Marc Bloch, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Hippolyte Taine, Bede, Jacob Burckhardt, and Edward Gibbon. After him are Quintus Curtius Rufus, Eric Hobsbawm, Jacques Le Goff, Adam of Bremen, Ali ibn al-Athir, and Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani.

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Marc Bloch
1886 - 1944
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 28
Friedrich Carl von Savigny
1779 - 1861
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 29
Hippolyte Taine
1828 - 1893
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 30
Bede
672 - 735
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 31
Jacob Burckhardt
1818 - 1897
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 32
Edward Gibbon
1737 - 1794
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 33
Ibn Ishaq
704 - 767
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 34
Quintus Curtius Rufus
41 - 53
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 35
Eric Hobsbawm
1917 - 2012
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 36
Jacques Le Goff
1924 - 2014
HPI: 67.80
Rank: 37
Adam of Bremen
1100 - 1080
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 38
Ali ibn al-Athir
1160 - 1233
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 39
Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani
1372 - 1449
HPI: 66.67
Rank: 40

Contemporaries

Among people born in 704, Ibn Ishaq ranks 1. After him are Saint Sturm, and Cui Hao. Among people deceased in 767, Ibn Ishaq ranks 3. Before him are Abu Hanifa, and Pope Paul I. After him is Toktu of Bulgaria.