600 - 624
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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Among writers, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf ranks 1,345 out of 5,755. Before 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.
1160 - 1210
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,339
1873 - 1934
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,340
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,341
1873 - 1908
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,342
1925 - 2006
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 1,343
1923 - 1954
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,344
600 - 624
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 1,345
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,346
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,347
1211 - 1282
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 1,348
1543 - 1603
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,349
1878 - 1927
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 1,350
1259 - 1330
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 1,351
Among people born in 600, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf ranks 26. Before 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 4. Before him are Abū Lahab, Amr ibn Hishām, and Ruqayyah bint Muhammad. After him are Rædwald of East Anglia, Uthman ibn Maz'un, and Mellitus.
600 - 666
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 20
600 - 550
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 21
600 - 649
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 22
600 - 615
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 23
600 - 602
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 24
600 - 610
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 25
600 - 624
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 26
600 - 656
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 27
600 - 650
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 28
600 - 701
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 29
600 - 612
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 30
600 - 632
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 31
600 - 595
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 32
549 - 624
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 1
570 - 624
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 2
598 - 624
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 3
600 - 624
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 4
550 - 624
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 5
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 6
600 - 624
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 7
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf ranks 124 out of 251. Before 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).
747 - 823
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 118
554 - 674
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 119
616 - 684
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 120
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 121
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 122
631 - 658
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 123
600 - 624
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 124
721 - 755
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 125
600 - 656
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 126
600 - 701
HPI: 57.67
Rank: 127
606 - 632
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 128
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 129
580 - 653
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 130
Among writers born in Saudi Arabia, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf ranks 6. Before 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).
1958 - 2018
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 1
501 - 544
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 2
525 - 615
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 3
575 - 645
HPI: 59.24
Rank: 4
554 - 674
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 5
600 - 624
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 6
570 - 629
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 7
1984 - Present
HPI: 40.39
Rank: 8