WRITER

Ibn Sirin

653 - 729

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Muhammad Ibn Sirin (Arabic: محمد بن سيرين, romanized: Muḥammad Ibn Sirīn) (born in Basra) was a Muslim tabi' as he was a contemporary of Anas ibn Malik. He is claimed by some to have been an interpreter of dreams, though others regard the books to have been falsely attributed to him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Sirin has received more than 399,816 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ibn Sirin is the 1,059th most popular writer (up from 1,280th in 2019), the 101st most popular biography from Iraq (up from 116th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ibn Sirin ranks 1,059 out of 7,302. Before him are Ján Kollár, Martin Andersen Nexø, Zhuanxu, Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, Ernst Barlach, and Adalbert Stifter. After him are Zelda Fitzgerald, Kazi Nazrul Islam, Titus Pomponius Atticus, Egeria, Ernst Toller, and Valerie Solanas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 653, Ibn Sirin ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 729, Ibn Sirin ranks 1. After him is Osric of Northumbria.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ibn Sirin ranks 101 out of 384. Before him are Al-Mu'tazz (847), Sumu-abum (-2000), Enmerkar (-2500), Shammuramat (-900), Al-Nasir (1158), and Sin-Muballit (-1900). After him are Samsu-iluna (-1792), Ovadia Yosef (1920), Labashi-Marduk (-550), Hunayn ibn Ishaq (809), Parysatis (-500), and Shamash-shum-ukin (-650).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Ibn Sirin ranks 9. Before him are Fuzûlî (1494), Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900), Enheduanna (-2300), Berossus (-400), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), and Al-Mutanabbi (915). After him are Ibn Khallikan (1211), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), and Al-Farazdaq (641).

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