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Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar

1906 - 1988

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Seyyed Mohammad-Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (January 2, 1906 – September 18, 1988), known by his pen name Shahriar, was an Iranian poet who composed works in both Azerbaijani and Persian. His most important work, Heydar Babaya Salam, is considered to be the pinnacle in Azerbaijani literature which gained great popularity in the Turkic world and was translated to more than 30 languages. Contrary to many other figures of his time, Shahriar barely involved himself with political problems and ideologies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar has received more than 167,729 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar is the 2,207th most popular writer (down from 2,151st in 2019), the 224th most popular biography from Iran (down from 209th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Iranian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar has had the most page views in the with 415,584 views, followed by Azerbaijani (35,366), and English (18,068). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uzbek (234.69%), Southern Azerbaijani (82.00%), and Belarusian (62.11%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar ranks 2,207 out of 7,302. Before him are Matthew Arnold, Thorbjørn Egner, Alexandre Exquemelin, Pauline von Metternich, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and Methodius of Olympus. After him are Trygve Gulbranssen, Alfred Bester, Esther Vilar, Guillaume Tirel, Erich Segal, and Frédéric Ozanam.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar ranks 121. Before him are Denis de Rougemont, Musa Cälil, William Joyce, Ladislao Vajda, Jacques Pills, and Jack Churchill. After him are Jean Dieudonné, Philippe Halsman, Pierre Fournier, Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Antal Doráti, and Jørgen Juve. Among people deceased in 1988, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar ranks 76. Before him are Charles Addams, Andrija Artuković, Edgar Faure, Ilona Elek, Raymond Dart, and Mikha'il Na'ima. After him are Abdulrahman Fawzi, Giacinto Scelsi, Gil Evans, Françoise Dolto, Antal Doráti, and Raymond Williams.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar ranks 224 out of 631. Before him are Gotarzes I (-200), Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919), Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), Daqiqi (1000), Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (838), and Ibn al-Faqih (null). After him are Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi (1500), Sharaf al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī (1135), Amir Kabir (1807), Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), and Masawaiyh (777).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar ranks 23. Before him are Sadegh Hedayat (1903), Baba Tahir (947), Táhirih (1817), Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), and Daqiqi (1000). After him are Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), Ahmad Shamlou (1925), Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (967), Nima Yooshij (1897), Raffi (1835), and Parvin E'tesami (1907).

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