RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Said Nursî

1877 - 1960

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Said Nursi (Ottoman Turkish: سعيد نورسی, Kurdish: سەعید نوورسی, romanized: Seîdê Nursî‎; 1877 – 23 March 1960), also spelled Said-i Nursî or Said-i Kurdî, and commonly known with the honorifics Bediüzzaman (meaning "wonder of the age") and Üstad (meaning "teacher") among his followers, was a Kurdish Sunni Muslim theologian who wrote the Risale-i Nur Collection, a body of Qur'anic commentary exceeding six thousand pages. Believing that modern science and logic was the way of the future, he advocated teaching religious sciences in secular schools and modern sciences in religious schools. Nursi inspired a religious movement that has played a vital role in the revival of Islam in Turkey and now numbers several millions of followers worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Said Nursî has received more than 578,218 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Said Nursî is the 692nd most popular religious figure (up from 730th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 327th in 2019) and the 37th most popular Religious Figure.

Said Nursî is most famous for his work in the field of comparative religion. He believed that all religions have a common origin, and that all religions are valid paths to God.

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  • 580k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Said Nursî ranks 692 out of 3,187. Before him are Óscar Romero, Pontius Pilate's wife, Fatima al-Fihri, Mordecai, Célestin Freinet, and Tarcisio Bertone. After him are Abdullah ibn Saba', Abe no Seimei, Scholastica, 6th Dalai Lama, Pancras of Rome, and Lydia of Thyatira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Said Nursî ranks 15. Before him are Francis William Aston, Heinrich Otto Wieland, G. H. Hardy, Louis Renault, Raoul Dufy, and Kees van Dongen. After him are Gabriele Münter, Kārlis Ulmanis, Maurice Halbwachs, Alfred Cortot, Edgar Cayce, and Arthur Cecil Pigou. Among people deceased in 1960, Said Nursî ranks 16. Before him are Walther Funk, Amanullah Khan, Fausto Coppi, Igor Kurchatov, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, and Aloysius Stepinac. After him are Walter Baade, Victor Sjöström, Héctor Castro, Ana Pauker, J. L. Austin, and Dimitri Mitropoulos.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Said Nursî ranks 262 out of 1,347. Before him are Tansu Çiller (1946), Philo of Byzantium (-280), Andronikos IV Palaiologos (1348), Necmettin Erbakan (1926), Nebahat Çehre (1944), and Yaqut al-Hamawi (1179). After him are Gemistus Pletho (1355), Isidore of Miletus (442), Alexander Ypsilantis (1792), Thomas Palaiologos (1409), Pancras of Rome (289), and Lydia of Thyatira (100).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Türkiye

Among religious figures born in Türkiye, Said Nursî ranks 37. Before him are Sabbas the Sanctified (439), Gregory Thaumaturgus (213), Michael I Cerularius (1005), Theophanes the Confessor (758), Basilios Bessarion (1403), and Evagrius Ponticus (345). After him are Pancras of Rome (289), Lydia of Thyatira (100), Antipas of Pergamum (100), Euphemia (289), Haran (null), and Apollinaris of Ravenna (101).

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