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Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf

600 - 624

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Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf (Arabic: كعب بن الأشرف; died c. 624) was, according to Islamic texts, a 7th century poet in Medina. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf has received more than 216,017 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf is the 1,345th most popular writer (up from 1,395th in 2019), the 124th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 116th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Saudi Arabian Writer.

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  • 220k

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  • 58.59

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf ranks 1,345 out of 5,755Before him are Hartmann von Aue, Jakob Wassermann, Joyce Carol Oates, Radoje Domanović, William Styron, and Stig Dagerman. After him are Samuel R. Delany, Daniel Pennac, Ibn Khallikan, Sharafkhan Bidlisi, James Oliver Curwood, and Ubertino of Casale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf ranks 26Before him are Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Bayan I, and Heraclius the Elder. After him are Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman, Chandrakirti, Al-Mughira, Gundemar, Chilperic of Aquitaine, and John IV of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 624, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf ranks 4Before him are Abū Lahab, Amr ibn Hishām, and Ruqayyah bint Muhammad. After him are Rædwald of East Anglia, Uthman ibn Maz'un, and Mellitus.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf ranks 124 out of 251Before him are Al-Waqidi (747), Hassan ibn Thabit (554), 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (616), Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945), Al-Waleed bin Talal (1955), and Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (631). After him are Isma'il ibn Ja'far (721), Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (600), Al-Mughira (600), Abbad ibn Bishr (606), Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), and Abu Darda (580).

Among WRITERS In Saudi Arabia

Among writers born in Saudi Arabia, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf ranks 6Before him are Jamal Khashoggi (1958), Imru' al-Qais (501), Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), Al-Khansa (575), and Hassan ibn Thabit (554). After him are Al-A'sha (570) and Raif Badawi (1984).