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Mariam al-Asturlabi

950 - Today

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Al-ʻIjliyyah bint al-ʻIjliyy (Arabic: العجلية بنت العجلي) was a 10th-century maker of astrolabes active in Aleppo, in what is now northern Syria. She is sometimes known in modern popular literature as Mariam al-Asṭurlābiyya (Arabic: مريم الأسطرلابية) but her supposed first name 'Mariam' is not mentioned in the only known source about her life. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mariam al-Asturlabi has received more than 80,183 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mariam al-Asturlabi is the 196th most popular astronomer (down from 189th in 2019), the 96th most popular biography from Syria (down from 85th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Syrian Astronomer.

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  • 80k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Mariam al-Asturlabi ranks 196 out of 531. Before her are Francis Baily, Bertil Lindblad, Jean Fernel, Joel Hastings Metcalf, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, and Maximilian Hell. After her are Otto Struve, Edward Walter Maunder, Giovanni Domenico Maraldi, Johann Heinrich von Mädler, James Dunlop, and Johannes Fabricius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 950, Mariam al-Asturlabi ranks 11. Before her are Maslama al-Majriti, Leo the Deacon, Abhinavagupta, Boleslaus III, Duke of Bohemia, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, and Olof Björnsson. After her are William I of Provence, Domenico I Contarini, Gudit, Otto II, Duke of Swabia, Otto III, Duke of Swabia, and Gisela of Burgundy.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Mariam al-Asturlabi ranks 96 out of 181. Before her are Salah Jadid (1926), Maslama ibn Abd al-Malik (685), Cassius Longinus (213), Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan (1934), Ghassan Massoud (1958), and Salih Muslim (1951). After her are Mithridates I Callinicus (-200), Gaius Julius Priscus (250), John X of Antioch (1955), John Moschus (550), Ibn Abi Usaibia (1204), and Tiridates II of Parthia (-100).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Syria

Among astronomers born in Syria, Mariam al-Asturlabi ranks 2. Before her are Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf (1526).

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