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PHILOSOPHER

Nasir Khusraw

1004 - 1088

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Nasir Khusraw (Persian: ناصرخسرو; 1004 – between 1072–1088) was an Isma'ili poet, philosopher, traveler, and missionary (da'i) for the Isma'ili Fatimid Caliphate. Despite being one of the most prominent Isma'ili philosophers and theologians of the Fatimids and the writer of many philosophical works intended for only the inner circle of the Isma'ili community, Nasir is best known to the general public as a poet and writer who ardently supported his native Persian tongue as an artistic and scientific language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nasir Khusraw has received more than 257,091 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Nasir Khusraw is the 400th most popular philosopher (down from 383rd in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Tajikistan (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Tadzhik Philosopher.

Nasir Khusraw is most famous for his epic poem, the "Haft Awrang".

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  • 36

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  • 2.63

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  • 4.52

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Nasir Khusraw ranks 400 out of 1,081Before him are Heinrich Rickert, Luce Irigaray, Christian Thomasius, Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais, Antonio Negri, and Charles Taylor. After him are Francis Hutcheson, Jyotirao Phule, Ágnes Heller, Étienne Cabet, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, and Paul Grice.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1004, Nasir Khusraw ranks 1After him are Anund Gårdske and William VI, Duke of Aquitaine. Among people deceased in 1088, Nasir Khusraw ranks 1After him are Berengar of Tours, Abu Bakr ibn Umar, and Hermann of Salm.

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In Tajikistan

Among people born in Tajikistan, Nasir Khusraw ranks 5 out of 27Before him are Roxana (-347), Rudaki (860), Emomali Rahmon (1952), and Spitamenes (-400). After him are Rahmon Nabiyev (1930), Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin (800), Oqil Oqilov (1944), Abu-Mahmud Khojandi (940), Nellie Kim (1957), Vladimir Voinovich (1932), and Kokhir Rasulzoda (1959).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Tajikistan

Among philosophers born in Tajikistan, Nasir Khusraw ranks 1