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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. 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 88,408 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ibn al-Farid is the 1,878th most popular writer (down from 1,758th in 2019), the 292nd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 264th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Egyptian Writer.

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  • 88k

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  • 55.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ibn al-Farid ranks 1,878 out of 5,755. Before him are Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Oliver Goldsmith, Jacint Verdaguer, Hirokazu Kanazawa, Mukaghali Makatayev, and Ruan Ji. After him are Jón Arason, John Tzetzes, John of Ruusbroec, Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Augustin Barruel, and Zinaida Gippius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1181, Ibn al-Farid ranks 3. Before him are Jochi and Irene Angelina. After him is Marino Morosini. Among people deceased in 1234, Ibn al-Farid ranks 7. Before him are Sancho VII of Navarre, Canute II of Sweden, Emperor Chūkyō, Emperor Go-Horikawa, Stefan Radoslav, and Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi. After him are Otto I, Duke of Merania, Floris IV, Count of Holland, and Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Ibn al-Farid ranks 292 out of 582. Before him are Menkare (-2200), Didymus Chalcenterus (-63), Neferkaure (-2150), Ammonius Hermiae (440), John Tristan, Count of Valois (1250), and Djedefhor (-2600). After him are Ali az-Zahir (1005), Olympiodorus the Younger (495), Edmond Jabès (1912), Isaac Israeli ben Solomon (832), Sufi Abu Taleb (1925), and Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Ibn al-Farid ranks 20. Before him are Achilles Tatius (200), Giuseppe Ungaretti (1888), Ahmed Shawqi (1868), Herodas (-300), Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (1928), and Didymus Chalcenterus (-63). After him are Edmond Jabès (1912), Tawfiq al-Hakim (1898), Anastasius Sinaita (630), Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (1801), Zosimos of Panopolis (250), and André Aciman (1951).

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