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Minhaj-i-Siraj

1193 - 1260

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Minhaj-al-Din Abu Amr Othman ibn Siraj-al-Din Muhammad Juzjani (born 1193), simply known as Minhaj al-Siraj Juzjani, was a 13th-century Persian historian born in the region of Ghur.In 1227, Juzjani immigrated to Ucch and, thereafter, to Delhi. The principal historian of the Mamluk Sultanate of Delhi in northern India, Juzjani wrote of the Ghurid dynasty as well. He wrote the Tabaqat-i Nasiri (1260 CE) for Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud Shah of Delhi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Minhaj-i-Siraj has received more than 169,037 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Minhaj-i-Siraj is the 377th most popular historian (up from 400th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 116th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Afghan Historian.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.94

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Minhaj-i-Sirajs by language

Over the past year Minhaj-i-Siraj has had the most page views in the with 7,825 views, followed by Bengali (3,899), and Persian (2,769). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Russian (114.37%), Tamil (72.93%), and Georgian (72.25%)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Minhaj-i-Siraj ranks 377 out of 561. Before him are Michele Amari, Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, Richard N. Frye, Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Artur Hazelius, and Mikhail Artamonov. After him are Franz Theodor Kugler, Aleksey Shakhmatov, Andreas Alföldi, Marin Drinov, Andrea Riccardi, and Boris Rybakov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1193, Minhaj-i-Siraj ranks 4. Before him are Clare of Assisi, Juliana of Liège, and Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine.  Among people deceased in 1260, Minhaj-i-Siraj ranks 13. Before him are Hadewijch, Maria of Brabant, Holy Roman Empress, Giacomo da Lentini, Kadan, Morta, and Constance of Toulouse.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Minhaj-i-Siraj ranks 108 out of 177. Before him are Qabus (1000), Vima Takto (100), Akhtar Mansour (1968), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Muhammad of Ghazni (998), and Sultan Ali Keshtmand (1935). After him are Hussain Hotak (null), Mohammed Fahim (1957), Abdul Aziz Hotak (1700), Antimachus I (-200), Sima Samar (1957), and Abdul Rasul Sayyaf (1946).

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Among HISTORIANS In Afghanistan

Among historians born in Afghanistan, Minhaj-i-Siraj ranks 3. Before him are Ibn Hibban (883), and Khvandamir (1475). After him are Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī (1413).

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