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Pir Sultan Abdal

1480 - 1550

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Pir Sultan Abdal (born Haydar) is an important religious figure in Alevism of Turkmen origin, who is thought to have been born in the village of Banaz in present-day Sivas Province, Turkey. He is considered legendary among his followers. His life is reconstructed from folkloric sources, especially religious poems which are believed to have been composed by himself and transmitted by ashiks. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pir Sultan Abdal has received more than 149,555 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Pir Sultan Abdal is the 1,960th most popular writer (up from 2,036th in 2019), the 545th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 666th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Turkish Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Pir Sultan Abdal
1943
Pîr Sultan Abdal
1977
Bütün şiirleri
1971
Pir Sultan Abdallar
1997
XVII [on yedinci]
1929
Pîr Sultan Abdal
1977
Pir Sultan Abdal
Folk poetry, Turkish, History and criticism, Poets, Turkish
1943
XVII [on yedinci]
1929
Geçti Dost Kervanı
2021
Pir Sultan Abdal
Folk poetry, Turkish, History and criticism, Poets, Turkish
1943
Pir Sultan Abdallar
1997
XVII [on yedinci]
1929
Pir Sultan Abdal
Folk poetry, Turkish, History and criticism, Poets, Turkish
1943
Geçti Dost Kervanı
2021
Bütün şiirleri
1971
Bütün şiirleri
1971
Pir Sultan Abdallar
1997
Geçti Dost Kervanı
2021
Pîr Sultan Abdal
1977
Pir Sultan Abdal
Folk poetry, Turkish, History and criticism, Poets, Turkish
1943
Pir Sultan Abdallar
1997
Pîr Sultan Abdal
1977
XVII [on yedinci]
1929
Geçti Dost Kervanı
2021
Bütün şiirleri
1971

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Pir Sultan Abdal ranks 1,960 out of 7,302. Before him are Eugene Nida, Albert Memmi, Anthony Trollope, Ion Druță, Gian Giorgio Trissino, and Sæmundr fróði. After him are Pierre Klossowski, Vasyl Sukhomlynsky, Hincmar, Robert Southey, Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac, and László Krasznahorkai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1480, Pir Sultan Abdal ranks 27. Before him are Stańczyk, Charlotte of Albret, Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire, Sebastián de Belalcázar, Herri met de Bles, and António de Abreu. After him are Giovanni Francesco Straparola, Pedro Damiano, Girolamo Savoldo, Girolamo Aleandro, Antonio de Guevara, and Frederick II of Legnica. Among people deceased in 1550, Pir Sultan Abdal ranks 12. Before him are Andrea Alciato, Francesco III Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Françoise d'Alençon, Tabinshwehti, Jón Arason, and Gian Giorgio Trissino. After him are Ulrich, Duke of Württemberg, Sebald Beham, Isabel Moctezuma, Ambrosius Benson, Jean, Cardinal of Lorraine, and Ashikaga Yoshiharu.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Pir Sultan Abdal ranks 545 out of 1,347. Before him are Leyla Gencer (1928), Beren Saat (1984), Nikos Zachariadis (1903), Pythias (-362), Hugh III of Cyprus (1235), and Marina the Monk (715). After him are Ahmed Muhtar Pasha (1839), Prusias II of Bithynia (-300), Şehzade Mehmed Abdülkadir (1878), Şehzade Yusuf Izzeddin (1857), Sittişah Hatun (1435), and Arshile Gorky (1904).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Pir Sultan Abdal ranks 57. Before him are Quadratus of Athens (100), Hipponax (-600), Mustafa Balel (1945), Zeki Müren (1931), Reşat Nuri Güntekin (1889), and Xenophon of Ephesus (101). After him are Menander Protector (550), Nihal Atsız (1905), Constantine Manasses (1130), Michael Choniates (1140), Antimachus (-400), and Theodore I (1290).

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