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Khalifah ibn Khayyat

777 - 854

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Abū ʿAmr Khalīfa ibn Khayyāṭ al-Laythī al-ʿUṣfurī (Arabic: خليفة بن خياط) (born : 160/161 AH/777 AD– died 239/240 AH/854 AD) was an Arab historian. His family were natives of Basra in Iraq. His grandfather was a noted muhaddith or traditionalist, and Khalifa became renowned for this also. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khalifah ibn Khayyat has received more than 22,606 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Khalifah ibn Khayyat is the 316th most popular historian, the 293rd most popular biography from Iraq and the 6th most popular Iraqi Historian.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Khalifah ibn Khayyat ranks 316 out of 561. Before him are André Clot, Edwin O. Reischauer, Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Joseph-François Michaud, Miroslav Hroch, and George Cœdès. After him are Domenico Losurdo, Jean-Baptiste Du Halde, Mikhail Pogodin, Cadmus of Miletus, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, and Hafiz-i Abru.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 777, Khalifah ibn Khayyat ranks 3. Before him are Pepin of Italy, and Masawaiyh.  Among people deceased in 854, Khalifah ibn Khayyat ranks 2. Before him is Horik I.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Khalifah ibn Khayyat ranks 293 out of 384. Before him are Tahir Yahya (1913), Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908), Yitzhak Kaduri (1898), Ali Larijani (1957), Ashur-nadin-ahhe II (-1500), and Jacob of Serugh (451). After him are Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi (1938), Dinkha IV (1935), Tariq al-Hashimi (1942), Enlil-kudurri-usur (-1300), and Jaafar Al-Askari (1885).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iraq

Among historians born in Iraq, Khalifah ibn Khayyat ranks 6. Before him are Al-Baladhuri (806), Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002), Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), Ibn Wahshiyya (900), and Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (1145). After him are Avi Shlaim (1945).

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