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Ibn al-Farid

1181 - 1234

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Ibn al-Farid or Ibn Farid; (Arabic: عمر بن علي بن الفارض, `Umar ibn `Alī ibn al-Fārid) (22 March 1181 – 1234) was an Arab poet as well as a Sufi waliullah. His name is Arabic for "son of the obligator" (the one who divides the inheritance between the inheritors), as his father was well regarded for his work in the legal sphere. He was born in Cairo to parents from Hama in modern Syria, lived for some time in Mecca, and died in Cairo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn al-Farid has received more than 94,593 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ibn al-Farid is the 1,621st most popular writer (up from 1,873rd in 2019), the 280th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 291st in 2019) and the 18th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

The mystical poems of Ibn al Farid
1956
The poem of the way
1952
Poema Del Camino Espiritual
La grande Taiyya
1990
Umar ibn al-Farid
2000

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ibn al-Farid ranks 1,621 out of 7,302. Before him are Gunnar Gunnarsson, Pierre Reverdy, Alice Walker, Adèle Hugo, Eupolis, and Marquis de Custine. After him are Jean de Meun, Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, Adamantios Korais, Sebastian Haffner, Gore Vidal, and Anonymus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1181, Ibn al-Farid ranks 3. Before him are Jochi, and Irene Angelina. After him are Huijong of Goryeo, and Marino Morosini. Among people deceased in 1234, Ibn al-Farid ranks 6. Before him are Emperor Go-Horikawa, Sancho VII of Navarre, Emperor Chūkyō, Canute II of Sweden, and Stefan Radoslav. After him are Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi, Floris IV, Count of Holland, Emperor Mo of Jin, Otto I, Duke of Merania, Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad, and Robert III, Count of Dreux.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ibn al-Farid ranks 280 out of 642. Before him are Wazner (-3500), Adel Emam (1940), Qakare Ibi (-2181), Takelot I (-1000), Didymus the Blind (313), and Khamudi (-1549). After him are Amr Moussa (1936), Henuttaneb (-1350), Pope Theophilus of Alexandria (310), Amr Diab (1961), Bakenranef (-700), and Ali az-Zahir (1005).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Ibn al-Farid ranks 18. Before him are Pope Dionysius of Alexandria (190), Dionysius Thrax (-170), Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928), Achilles Tatius (200), and Ahmed Shawqi (1868). After him are Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (1801), Herodas (-300), Edmond Jabès (1912), Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898), Anastasius Sinaita (630), and Ibn Taghribirdi (1410).

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