1126 - 1199
Afzal al-Dīn Badīl ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿOthmān (Persian: افضلالدّین بدیل بن علی بن عثمان), commonly known as Khāqānī (Persian: خاقانی, IPA: [xɒːɣɒːˈniː], c. 1120 – c. 1199), was a major Persian poet and prose-writer. He was born in Transcaucasia in the historical region known as Shirvan, where he served as an ode-writer to the Shirvanshahs. His fame most securely rests upon the qasidas collected in his Divān, and his autobiographical travelogue Tohfat al-ʿErāqayn. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Khaqani has received more than 91,202 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Khaqani is the 1,198th most popular writer (up from 1,261st in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Azerbaijan and the 5th most popular Azerbaijani Writer.
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Among writers, Khaqani ranks 1,198 out of 5,755. Before him are Paul Bourget, Roger Caillois, Gabriele Amorth, Claudio Magris, Max Nordau, and John Berger. After him are Dan Simmons, David Grossman, Shammai, Dean Koontz, Stanisław Jerzy Lec, and Alexander Ostrovsky.
1852 - 1935
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 1,192
1913 - 1978
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 1,193
1925 - 2016
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 1,194
1939 - Present
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 1,195
1849 - 1923
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 1,196
1926 - 2017
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 1,197
1126 - 1199
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 1,198
1948 - Present
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 1,199
1954 - Present
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 1,200
50 BC - 30
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 1,201
1945 - Present
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 1,202
1909 - 1966
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,203
1823 - 1886
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 1,204
Among people born in 1126, Khaqani ranks 3. Before him are Averroes and William I of Sicily. After him are Mieszko III the Old, Peter I of Courtenay, Michael the Syrian, John Doukas, Sibylla of Burgundy, and Anvari. Among people deceased in 1199, Khaqani ranks 5. Before him are Richard I of England, Minamoto no Yoritomo, Stefan Nemanja, and Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur. After him are Joan of England, Queen of Sicily, Geng Ding, Michael the Syrian, and Raymond IV, Count of Tripoli.
1126 - 1198
HPI: 82.99
Rank: 1
1126 - 1166
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 2
1126 - 1199
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 3
1126 - 1202
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 4
1126 - 1183
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 5
1126 - 1199
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 6
1126 - 1200
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 7
1126 - 1150
HPI: 51.33
Rank: 8
1126 - 1190
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 9
1157 - 1199
HPI: 82.60
Rank: 1
1147 - 1199
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 2
1113 - 1199
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 3
1160 - 1199
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 4
1126 - 1199
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 5
1165 - 1199
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 6
1200 BC - 1199
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 7
1126 - 1199
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 8
1101 - 1199
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 9
Among people born in Azerbaijan, Khaqani ranks 22 out of 189. Before him are Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885), Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh (1884), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Garegin Nzhdeh (1886), Artur Rasizade (1935), and Pavel Florensky (1882). After him are Shirali Muslimov (1805), Fikret Amirov (1922), Mehriban Aliyeva (1964), Muslim Magomayev (1942), Tadj ol-Molouk (1896), and Zarifa Aliyeva (1923).
1885 - 1948
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 16
1884 - 1955
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 17
1812 - 1878
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 18
1886 - 1955
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 19
1935 - Present
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 20
1882 - 1937
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 21
1126 - 1199
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 22
1805 - 1973
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 23
1922 - 1984
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 24
1964 - Present
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 25
1942 - 2008
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 26
1896 - 1982
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 27
1923 - 1985
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 28
Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Khaqani ranks 5. Before him are Nizami Ganjavi (1141), Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), and Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812). After him are Banine (1905), Samad Vurgun (1906), Molla Panah Vagif (1717), Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), Mahsati (1089), Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), and Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925).
1141 - 1209
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 1
1920 - 2010
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 2
1369 - 1417
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 3
1812 - 1878
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 4
1126 - 1199
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 5
1905 - 1992
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 6
1906 - 1956
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 7
1717 - 1797
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 8
1794 - 1852
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 9
1089 - 1181
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 10
1869 - 1932
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 11
1925 - 2009
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 12