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Mirkhvand

1433 - 1498

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Muhammad ibn Khvandshah ibn Mahmud, more commonly known as Mirkhvand (Persian: میرخواند, also transliterated as Mirkhwand; 1433/34 – 1498), was a Persian historian active during the reign of the Timurid ruler Sultan Husayn Bayqara (r. 1469–1506). He is principally known for his universal history, the Rawżat aṣ-ṣafāʾ ("The garden of purity"), which he wrote under the patronage of the high-ranking functionary Ali-Shir Nava'i (died 1501). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mirkhvand has received more than 12,345 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mirkhvand is the 143rd most popular historian (up from 188th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Uzbekistan (up from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Uzbekistani Historian.

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  • 56.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Mirkhvand ranks 143 out of 561. Before him are Jan Assmann, Evagrius Scholasticus, John Kinnamos, Doukas, Philostorgius, and Augustin Thierry. After him are Vladimir Minorsky, Pierre Nora, Jan Huyghen van Linschoten, Max Dvořák, Faustus of Byzantium, and Ian Kershaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1433, Mirkhvand ranks 5. Before him are Charles the Bold, Marsilio Ficino, Stephen III of Moldavia, and Ferdinand, Duke of Viseu. After him are Giovanni Giocondo, Abdullah Mirza, Nilus of Sora, Eleanor of Scotland, and James of Portugal. Among people deceased in 1498, Mirkhvand ranks 11. Before him are Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Antonio del Pollaiolo, Giovanni il Popolano, Michael Pacher, Francesco Botticini, and Çiçek Hatun. After him are Cristoforo Landino, Koca Davud Pasha, and Julius Pomponius Laetus.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Mirkhvand ranks 31 out of 190. Before him are Fayzulla Khodzhayev (1896), Goharshad Begum (1400), Ad-Darazi (1000), Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1499), Amoghavajra (705), and Umar Shaikh Mirza II (1456). After him are Sharof Rashidov (1917), Vladimir Dzhanibekov (1942), Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi (1889), Abdulla Aripov (1962), Rashid Sunyaev (1943), and Genrich Altshuller (1926).

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Among HISTORIANS In Uzbekistan

Among historians born in Uzbekistan, Mirkhvand ranks 1. After him are Muhammad Aufi (1171).

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