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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 49,775 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ibn al-Bawwab is the 946th most popular painter (up from 1,324th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 267th in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 946 out of 2,023. Before him are Charles-Joseph Natoire, Tommaso da Modena, Master Francke, Hendrick van Balen the Elder, Dirck Hals, and Hans Thoma. After him are Simon de Vlieger, Cornelis Norbertus Gijsbrechts, Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Grandma Moses, Matthew Paris, and Kanō Eitoku.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 961, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 5. Before him are Odilo of Cluny, Pietro II Orseolo, Ramiro III of León, and Arnulf II, Count of Flanders. After him is 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 228 out of 384. Before him are Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna (728), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Muhammad al-Sadr (1943), Shalmaneser II (-1090), Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (1959), and Vonones II (-25). After him are Dudu of Akkad (-2300), Al-Muwaffaq (842), Al-Asmaʿi (740), Ikunum (-1900), Nahor, son of Terah (null), and Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932).

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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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