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Ibn Khallikan

1211 - 1282

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Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān (Arabic: أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر ابن خلكان; 22 September 1211 – 30 October 1282), better known as Ibn Khallikān, was a renowned Islamic historian who compiled the celebrated biographical encyclopedia of Muslim scholars and important men in Muslim history, Deaths of Eminent Men and the Sons of the Epoch ('Wafayāt al-Aʿyān wa-Anbāʾ Abnāʾ az-Zamān'). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Khallikan has received more than 133,732 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ibn Khallikan is the 1,348th most popular writer (down from 1,111th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 90th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Iraqi Writer.

Ibn Khallikan was a medieval Muslim historian and biographer. He is most famous for his biographical dictionary, the Wafayāt al-aʿyān wa-anbāʾ abnāʾ az-zamān (Memoirs of the Notables and History of the Time), which is considered one of the most important works of Arabic literature.

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  • 58.58

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.54

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ibn Khallikan ranks 1,348 out of 5,755. Before him are Radoje Domanović, William Styron, Stig Dagerman, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Samuel R. Delany, and Daniel Pennac. After him are Sharafkhan Bidlisi, James Oliver Curwood, Ubertino of Casale, Adam de la Halle, Arturo Pérez-Reverte, and Edward Albee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1211, Ibn Khallikan ranks 5. Before him are Henry of Germany, Frederick II, Duke of Austria, Agnes of Bohemia, and Iltutmish. After him are Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark and Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre. Among people deceased in 1282, Ibn Khallikan ranks 8. Before him are Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Abaqa Khan, Nichiren, Agnes of Bohemia, Mengu-Timur, and George Akropolites. After him are Traidenis, Mechthild of Magdeburg, and Margaret Sambiria.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ibn Khallikan ranks 125 out of 338. Before him are Mahmud Barzanji (1878), Utu-hengal (-2200), Al-Qa'im (1001), Ibn Sa'd (784), Eannatum (-2500), and Ibn al-Nadim (1000). After him are Ibn Qutaybah (828), Al-Muhtadi (825), Taha Yassin Ramadan (1938), Ammi-Saduqa (-1700), Ninus (null), and Al-Muktafi (875).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Ibn Khallikan ranks 11. Before him are Enheduanna (-2300), Berossus (-400), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Ibn Sirin (653), and Ibn al-Nadim (1000). After him are Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Aphrahat (280), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), and Al-Farazdaq (641).

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