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Ibn al-Faqih

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Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Faqih al-Hamadani (Persian: احمد بن محمد ابن الفقيه الهمذانی) (fl. 902) was a 10th-century Persian historian and geographer, famous for his Mukhtasar Kitab al-Buldan ("Concise Book of Lands") written in Arabic. In the 1870s the Dutch orientalist Michael Jan de Goeje edited a selection of geography works of Arab geographers in an eight-volume series titled Bibliotheca geographorum Arabicorum published by Lugduni-Batavae (Leiden) Brill publishers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn al-Faqih has received more than 63,851 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ibn al-Faqih is the 160th most popular historian (up from 169th in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 217th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 64k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ibn al-Faqihs by language

Over the past year Ibn al-Faqih has had the most page views in the with 8,620 views, followed by Persian (3,269), and Arabic (3,073). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bengali (472.13%), Turkish (121.76%), and Slovenian (64.11%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ibn al-Faqih ranks 160 out of 561. Before him are Hisham ibn al-Kalbi, Edward Luttwak, Helmold, Paisius of Hilendar, Marin Barleti, and Matthew of Edessa. After him are Arnold Toynbee, Hermann Abert, Ibn Wahshiyya, E. P. Thompson, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi, and Guibert of Nogent.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ibn al-Faqih ranks 223 out of 631. Before him are Fazlollah Zahedi (1897), Gotarzes I (-200), Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919), Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), Daqiqi (1000), and Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (838). After him are Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (1500), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), Amir Kabir (1807), Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), and Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iran

Among historians born in Iran, Ibn al-Faqih ranks 2. Before him are Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897). After him are Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (1500), Ahmad Kasravi (1890), Hafiz-i Abru (null), Ehsan Yarshater (1920), and Firishta (1560).

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