WRITER

Shibli Nomani

1857 - 1914

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Shibli Nomani (4 June 1857 – 18 November 1914) was an Islamic scholar, poet, philosopher, historian, educational thinker, author, orator, reformer and critic of orientalists from Indian subcontinent during the British Raj. He is regarded as the father of Urdu historiography. He was also proficient in Arabic and Persian languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shibli Nomani has received more than 430,686 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Shibli Nomani is the 3,151st most popular writer (up from 3,324th in 2019), the 400th most popular biography from India (down from 390th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Indian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Rasāʼil-i Shiblī
Islam
Articles, chiefly on Islam.
1898
Seerat-un-Nabi
Arguably one of the greatest and most authentic Sirah Rasul Allah (biographies) of the Prophet Muhammad, written in Urdu by Shibli Nomani and his student, Syed Sulaiman Nadvi in 6 volumes.
1975
Sīratunnabī
Biography, Muslims, Religious life
Biography of Prophet Muḥammad, d. 632.
1918
Shiʻr al-ʻAjam
Persian poetry, History and criticism, Persian Poets
1910
al-Fārūq
Biography, Caliphs, History
Biography of ʻUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb, second Caliph of Islam.
2004
Sirat Un Nabi
1979

Page views of Shibli Nomanis by language

Over the past year Shibli Nomani has had the most page views in the with 56,253 views, followed by Urdu (27,922), and Bengali (5,652). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Eastern Punjabi (148.19%), Turkish (29.12%), and Bengali (27.07%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shibli Nomani ranks 3,151 out of 7,302. Before him are Edward Gorey, Ignacio Ramonet, Péter Szondi, Abdurauf Fitrat, Kir Bulychev, and Paul Fleming. After him are Daniel-Rops, Antonio Ghislanzoni, Janosch, Buddhadasa, Jacob Israël de Haan, and Bronisława Wajs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Shibli Nomani ranks 82. Before him are Uroš Predić, Juan Luna, Gustave Lanson, Ernst Trygger, Stojan Protić, and Filippo Turati. After him are Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Alfred Bruneau, Gabriela Zapolska, Gunnar Heiberg, Louis Dollo, and Knut Ångström. Among people deceased in 1914, Shibli Nomani ranks 66. Before him are George Speck, Delmira Agustini, Félix Bracquemond, Camillo Boito, Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Roque Sáenz Peña. After him are Mehmed Said Pasha, Tor Aulin, Ellen Axson Wilson, Princess Therese of Saxe-Altenburg, Albéric Magnard, and Prince Maurice of Battenberg.

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In India

Among people born in India, Shibli Nomani ranks 400 out of 1,861. Before him are Fatima Jinnah (1893), Jaimini (-390), S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), B. D. Jatti (1912), Suriya (1975), and Akshata Murty (1980). After him are Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931), Joseph Vaz (1651), Suryakant Tripathi (1899), Malik Kafur (1250), Vidya Balan (1979), and Sharmila Tagore (1944).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, Shibli Nomani ranks 58. Before him are U. R. Ananthamurthy (1932), Ram Prasad Bismil (1897), Sachchidananda Vatsyayan (1911), K. Shivaram Karanth (1902), Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886), and Sumitranandan Pant (1900). After him are Suryakant Tripathi (1899), R. K. Narayan (1906), Idries Shah (1924), Ashapurna Devi (1909), Ibn Warraq (1946), and Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (1908).

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