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Ibn al-Bawwab

961 - 1022

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Ibn al-Bawwāb (Arabic: إِبْن ٱلْبَوَّاب), also known as Ali ibn-Hilal, Abu'l-Hasan, and Ibn al-Sitri, was an Arabic calligrapher and illuminator who lived in Baghdad. He is the figure most associated with the adoption of round script to transcribe the Qur'an. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn al-Bawwab has received more than 46,045 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn al-Bawwab is the 1,325th most popular painter (down from 949th in 2019), the 269th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 203rd in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 1,325 out of 1,421. Before him are Francesco Zuccarelli, Juan O'Gorman, George Dawe, George Bellows, Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, and Hans Baluschek. After him are August Malmström, Tina Blau, Antón Lamazares, Juliusz Kossak, Eugen Schüfftan, and Graham Sutherland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 961, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 6. Before him are Odilo of Cluny, Pietro II Orseolo, Ramiro III of León, Arnulf II, Count of Flanders, and Sigmundur Brestisson.  Among people deceased in 1022, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 6. Before him are Olof Skötkonung, Emperor Zhenzong, Symeon the New Theologian, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid, and Bernward of Hildesheim.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 269 out of 338. Before him are Ahmed Chalabi (1944), Kurigalzu II (-1400), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), Ishme-Dagan (-2000), Ashur-nirari III (-1300), and Mesannepada (-2490). After him are Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man (500), Ashur-nadin-ahhe II (-1500), Dinkha IV (1935), Naziha al-Dulaimi (1923), and Asharid-apal-Ekur (-1200).

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Among PAINTERS In Iraq

Among painters born in Iraq, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 1. After him are Ahmed Al Safi (1971).

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