1000 - Today
Rabia Balkhi, also known as Rabia al-Quzdari (or Khuzdari) was a 10th-century writer who composed poetry in Persian and Arabic. She is the first known female poet to write in Persian. A non-mystic poet, her imagery was later transformed into that of a mystic poet by authors such as Attar of Nishapur (died 1221) and Jami (died 1492). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rabia Balkhi has received more than 101,517 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Rabia Balkhi is the 2,993rd most popular writer, the 82nd most popular biography from Afghanistan and the 5th most popular Afghan Writer.
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Among writers, Rabia Balkhi ranks 2,993 out of 5,755. Before her are Almudena Grandes, Mikhail Prishvin, Kir Bulychev, Ella Maillart, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, and Ernst Wiechert. After her are Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil, Francisco de Sá de Miranda, Vincent Voiture, Nick Hornby, Augusto Monterroso, and Lars Norén.
1960 - 2021
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 2,987
1873 - 1954
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 2,988
1934 - 2003
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 2,989
1903 - 1997
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 2,990
1676 - 1749
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 2,991
1887 - 1950
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2,992
1000 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2,993
1865 - 1945
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2,994
1491 - 1558
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2,995
1597 - 1648
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2,996
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 2,997
1921 - 2003
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 2,998
1944 - 2021
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 2,999
Among people born in 1000, Rabia Balkhi ranks 47. Before her are Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, Ad-Darazi, Ermengol I, Count of Urgell, Suryavarman I, Rajendra Chola I, and Tribuno Memmo. After her are Melus of Bari, Pandulf Ironhead, John the Orphanotrophos, Dub, King of Scotland, Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany, and Miroslav of Croatia.
1000 - 987
HPI: 53.17
Rank: 41
1000 - 1018
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 42
1000 - 1010
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 43
1000 - 1050
HPI: 53.00
Rank: 44
1000 - 1044
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 45
1000 - 991
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 46
1000 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 47
1000 - 1020
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 48
1000 - 981
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 49
1000 - 1043
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 50
1000 - 967
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 51
1000 - 1008
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 52
1000 - 949
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 53
Among people born in Afghanistan, Rabia Balkhi ranks 82 out of 145. Before her are Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959), Zalmay Khalilzad (1951), Al-Sijzi (945), Wazir Akbar Khan (1816), Heliocles I (-200), and Demetrius I of Bactria (-300). After her are Amrullah Saleh (1972), Gulbadan Begum (1523), Shah Shujah Durrani (1785), Akhtar Mansour (1968), Ayub Khan (1857), and Ali Hujwiri (1009).
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 76
1951 - Present
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 77
945 - 1020
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 78
1816 - 1845
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 79
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 80
300 BC - 180 BC
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 81
1000 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 82
1972 - Present
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 83
1523 - 1603
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 84
1785 - 1842
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 85
1968 - 2016
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 86
1857 - 1914
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 87
1009 - 1072
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 88
Among writers born in Afghanistan, Rabia Balkhi ranks 5. Before her are Rumi (1207), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Khaled Hosseini (1965), and Sanai (1080). After her are Gulbadan Begum (1523), Unsuri (980), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Nadia Anjuman (1981), Niloofar Rahmani (1992), and Fatima Bhutto (1982).
1207 - 1273
HPI: 83.10
Rank: 1
1441 - 1501
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 2
1965 - Present
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 3
1080 - 1131
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 4
1000 - Present
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 5
1523 - 1603
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 6
980 - 1039
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 7
980 - 1037
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 8
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 9
1981 - 2005
HPI: 34.31
Rank: 10
1992 - Present
HPI: 33.26
Rank: 11
1982 - Present
HPI: 24.28
Rank: 12