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Nizami Ganjavi

1141 - 1209

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Nizami Ganjavi (Persian: نظامی گنجوی, romanized: Niẓāmī Ganjavī, lit. 'Niẓāmī of Ganja'; c. 1141–1209), Nizami Ganje'i, Nizami, or Nezāmi, whose formal name was Jamal ad-Dīn Abū Muḥammad Ilyās ibn-Yūsuf ibn-Zakkī, was a 12th-century Muslim poet. Nizami is considered the greatest romantic epic poet in Persian literature, who brought a colloquial and realistic style to the Persian epic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nizami Ganjavi has received more than 721,240 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Nizami Ganjavi is the 217th most popular writer (down from 190th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Azerbaijani Writer.

Nizami Ganjavi is most famous for his epic poem, the "Khamsa," which is a collection of five long poems.

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  • 720k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Nizami Ganjavi ranks 217 out of 5,755. Before him are Pierre Corneille, Pearl S. Buck, Adam Mickiewicz, Arthur C. Clarke, Anna Komnene, and Geoffrey Chaucer. After him are Terry Pratchett, Peter Handke, Luís de Camões, Ray Bradbury, Luigi Pirandello, and John Milton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1141, Nizami Ganjavi ranks 1. After him are Gerard de Ridefort, Malcolm IV of Scotland, Eisai, and Floris III, Count of Holland. Among people deceased in 1209, Nizami Ganjavi ranks 1. After him are Fakhr al-Din al-Razi, Phillipe de Plessis, Raymond Roger Trencavel, Alfonso II, Count of Provence, and William of Champlitte.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Nizami Ganjavi ranks 2 out of 189. Before him are Heydar Aliyev (1923). After him are Richard Sorge (1895), Lev Landau (1908), Ilham Aliyev (1961), Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Arghun (1250), Mstislav Rostropovich (1927), Garry Kasparov (1963), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Nadezhda Alliluyeva (1901), and Lotfi A. Zadeh (1921).

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Among WRITERS In Azerbaijan

Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Nizami Ganjavi ranks 1. After him are Zecharia Sitchin (1920), Imadaddin Nasimi (1369), Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812), Khaqani (1126), Banine (1905), Samad Vurgun (1906), Molla Panah Vagif (1717), Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), Mahsati (1089), Jalil Mammadguluzadeh (1869), and Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925).

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