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Sanai

1080 - 1131

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Hakim Abul-Majd Majdūd ibn Ādam Sanā'ī Ghaznavi (Persian: حکیم ابوالمجد مجدود ‌بن آدم سنایی غزنوی), more commonly known as Sanai, was a Persian poet from Ghazni. He lived his life in the Ghaznavid Empire which is now located in Afghanistan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sanai has received more than 256,145 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Sanai is the 1,803rd most popular writer (up from 1,913th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 59th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Afghan Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Hashimoto Sanai zenshū
1908
Bukkyo kayo kenkyu
1994
Car of mine
2001
Four Sufi classics
Sufism, Sufi literature, Islam
1980
Masafumi Sanai
1999
Na Velikom Shelkovom puti--
Description and travel, Travel
2000
Enclosed Garden of the Truth Illustrated
2021
Enclosed Garden of the Truth
2021
The walled garden of truth
Sufi poetry, Truth
1974
Makātīb-i Sanāʼī
Correspondence, Persian Poets
1962
Hashimoto Sanai chosaku "Keihatsuroku"
Samurai, Biography, Statesmen
2005
Hashimoto Keigaku zenshū
1939
Makātīb-i Sanāʼī
Correspondence, Persian Poets
1962
Hashimoto Keigaku zenshū
1939
Hashimoto Sanai chosaku "Keihatsuroku"
Samurai, Biography, Statesmen
2005
The walled garden of truth
Sufi poetry, Truth, Knowledge, theory of
1974
Enclosed Garden of the Truth Illustrated
2021
Enclosed Garden of the Truth
2021

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sanai ranks 1,803 out of 7,302. Before him are Yevgenia Ginzburg, Desanka Maksimović, Cangrande I della Scala, Lilya Brik, Elvira Madigan, and Albert Gleizes. After him are Bartolomeo Platina, Alejandra Pizarnik, Philemon, Mir Taqi Mir, Alberto Manguel, and Petros Markaris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1080, Sanai ranks 10. Before him are Norbert of Xanten, Isidore the Laborer, Theresa, Countess of Portugal, Matilda of Scotland, Margaret Fredkulla, and Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan. After him are Abu Hamid al-Gharnati, Raymond du Puy, Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī, William of Malmesbury, William of Conches, and Domenico Morosini. Among people deceased in 1131, Sanai ranks 9. Before him are Joscelin I, Count of Edessa, Stephen II of Hungary, Canute Lavard, Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, Mahmud II, and William, Count of Luxembourg. After him are Philip of France, Peter of Bruys, and Dobrodeia of Kiev.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Sanai ranks 57 out of 177. Before him are Saman Khuda (701), Ibn Hibban (883), Abu Sa'id Gardezi (1100), Abu Maʿshar (787), Ya'qub ibn al-Layth al-Saffar (840), and Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji (1101). After him are Gulbuddin Hekmatyar (1949), Jalal-ud-din Khalji (1220), Kujula Kadphises (20), Baysunghur (1397), Ismail Khan (1946), and Mirwais Hotak (1673).

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Among WRITERS In Afghanistan

Among writers born in Afghanistan, Sanai ranks 4. Before him are Rumi (1207), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), and Khaled Hosseini (1965). After him are Rabia Balkhi (1000), 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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