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WRITER

Khaqani

1126 - 1199

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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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  • 91k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.57

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.47

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Khaqani ranks 1,198 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1126, Khaqani ranks 3Before 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 5Before 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.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Khaqani ranks 22 out of 189Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Azerbaijan

Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Khaqani ranks 5Before 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).