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Rabia Balkhi

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Rabia Balkhi (Arabic: رابعة بنت كعب, Persian: رابعه بلخی) 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 109,610 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Rabia Balkhi is the 2,345th most popular writer (up from 2,982nd in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 82nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Afghan Writer.

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  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rabia Balkhi ranks 2,345 out of 7,302. Before her are Kathy Reichs, William Peter Blatty, Nennius, Terry Eagleton, Marius Aventicensis, and Jean-Jacques Barthélemy. After her are Eugippius, Terry Bisson, Anton Bernolák, Karel Hynek Mácha, Phocylides, and Margit Sandemo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1000, Rabia Balkhi ranks 38. Before her are Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia, Herman II, Duke of Swabia, Stephen Držislav of Croatia, Daqiqi, Adalbert of Hamburg, and Conan I of Rennes. After her are Sigfrid of Sweden, Berthold II, Duke of Carinthia, Lambert I, Count of Louvain, Gottschalk, Geoffrey I, Count of Anjou, and Geoffrey I, Duke of Brittany.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Rabia Balkhi ranks 69 out of 177. Before her are Mirwais Hotak (1673), Ashraf Hotak (1700), Ahmad Zahir (1946), Muhammad Shah (1702), Dost Mohammad Khan (1793), and Eucratides I (-170). After her are Khvandamir (1475), Jalaluddin Haqqani (1939), Diodotus II (-252), Abdullah Abdullah (1960), Mohammad Afzal Khan (1811), and Diodotus I (-285).

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Among WRITERS In Afghanistan

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), Nadia Ghulam (1985), and Niloofar Rahmani (1992).

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