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Molla Panah Vagif

1717 - 1797

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Molla Panah (Azerbaijani: Molla Pənah), better known by his pen-name Vagif (Arabic: واقِف‎, lit. 'The Learned One'), was an 18th-century Azerbaijani poet, statesman and diplomat. He is regarded as the founder of the realism genre and the modern school in Azerbaijani poetry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Molla Panah Vagif has received more than 52,343 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Molla Panah Vagif is the 3,532nd most popular writer (down from 2,192nd in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 42nd in 2019) and the 18th most popular Azerbaijani Writer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

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  • 3.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Molla Panah Vagif ranks 3,532 out of 7,302. Before him are Helena Roerich, Ryōtarō Shiba, Rutka Laskier, Laza Lazarević, Tsubouchi Shōyō, and Jalal Al-e-Ahmad. After him are Kim Stanley Robinson, Jozef Miloslav Hurban, Françoise Giroud, Donald Barthelme, Xiao Hong, and Howard Pyle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1717, Molla Panah Vagif ranks 18. Before him are David Garrick, Ebrahim Afshar, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Alexander Sumarokov. After him are Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg, João de Loureiro, Ventura Rodríguez, and Elizabeth Carter. Among people deceased in 1797, Molla Panah Vagif ranks 20. Before him are Horace Walpole, Pasquale Anfossi, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Olaudah Equiano, and Wang Zhenyi. After him are Ivan Shuvalov, John Wilkes, Francesco Sabatini, Michel-Jean Sedaine, Pietro Verri, and Asaf-ud-Daula.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Molla Panah Vagif ranks 77 out of 232. Before him are Ziya Bunyadov (1921), Mammad Hasan Hajinski (1875), Natallia Arsiennieva (1903), Sattar Bahlulzade (1909), Tahir Salahov (1928), and Mirza Davud Huseynov (1894). After him are Abraham Alikhanov (1904), Vladimir Dekanozov (1898), Artem Alikhanian (1908), Eduard Markarov (1942), Gazanfar Musabekov (1888), and Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794).

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Among WRITERS In Azerbaijan

Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Molla Panah Vagif ranks 18. Before him are Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925), Mirza Alakbar Sabir (1862), Anar Rzayev (1938), Armen Ohanian (1887), and Natallia Arsiennieva (1903). After him are Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794), Mikayil Mushfig (1908), Akram Aylisli (1937), Mirza Khazar (1947), Jafar Jabbarly (1899), and Sakina Akhundzadeh (1865).

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