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Magtymguly Pyragy

1733 - 1807

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Magtymguly Pyragy (Persian: مخدوم قلی فراغی Makhdumqoli Farāghi; Turkmen: Magtymguly Pyragy; Turkmen pronunciation: [ˌmɑɣtɯmɢʊˈlɯ ˌpɯɾɑːˈɣɯ]; c. 1724 – 1807), born Magtymguly, was an Iranian-Turkmen spiritual leader, philosophical poet, Sufi and traveller, who is considered the most famous figure in Turkmen literary history. Magtymguly is the greatest representative of Turkmen literature, credited with the creation of Turkmen written literature, and whose literary form became a powerful symbol of the historical and the incipient national consciousness of the Turkmen people. He is part of a unique period in the cultural history of Central Asia, with his exceptional talent projecting his personal poetic synthesis onto the next generation of poets of the region. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Magtymguly Pyragy has received more than 212,474 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Magtymguly Pyragy is the 809th most popular writer (up from 840th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Iran (down from 110th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Iranian Writer.

Magtymguly Pyragy was most famous for being the first Kazakh poet to write in the Kazakh language. His poetry is often about the Kazakh steppe and the Kazakh people.

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  • 3.90

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  • 2.86

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Magtymguly Pyragy ranks 809 out of 7,302. Before him are Sarojini Naidu, Tatian, Karl Harrer, Jan Potocki, Thomas Hardy, and Daniel Keyes. After him are Max Frisch, Dobrica Ćosić, John le Carré, Basava, Odysseas Elytis, and Danilo Kiš.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1733, Magtymguly Pyragy ranks 3. Before him are Joseph Priestley, and Victoire of France. After him are Christoph Martin Wieland, Siraj ud-Daulah, Carsten Niebuhr, Hubert Robert, Jean-Charles de Borda, Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland, Gottfried van Swieten, Daniel Solander, and Christoph Friedrich Nicolai. Among people deceased in 1807, Magtymguly Pyragy ranks 4. Before him are Angelica Kauffman, Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, and Jérôme Lalande. After him are Jeanne Baret, Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Henry Benedict Stuart, Osman Pazvantoğlu, Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm, George Atwood, John Newton, and Johannes Nikolaus Tetens.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Magtymguly Pyragy ranks 113 out of 631. Before him are Mithridates I of Parthia (-195), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Qazi Muhammad (1893), Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi (1155), and Yazdegerd II (500). After him are Mohammad Shah Qajar (1808), Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815), Haji Bektash Veli (1209), Bardiya (-580), Karim Khan Zand (1705), and Narges Mohammadi (1972).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Magtymguly Pyragy ranks 13. Before him are Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Jami (1414), Doris Lessing (1919), Attar of Nishapur (1145), and Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724). After him are Ali Shariati (1933), Forough Farrokhzad (1935), Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Sadegh Hedayat (1903), Baba Tahir (947), and Táhirih (1817).

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