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Rabia Balkhi

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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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  • 100k

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  • 51.65

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rabia Balkhi ranks 2,993 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1000, Rabia Balkhi ranks 47Before 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.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Rabia Balkhi ranks 82 out of 145Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Afghanistan

Among writers born in Afghanistan, Rabia Balkhi ranks 5Before 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).