WRITER

Sultan Bahu

1630 - 1691

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Sultan Bahu (also spelled as Sultan Bahoo; Punjabi: [sʊltaːn baːɦuː]; 17 January 1630 – 1 March 1691), was a Punjabi Muslim poet, Sufi, scholar, and historian of the 17th century. Renowned for his mystical poetry, he was active during the reigns of Mughal emperors Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb. Little is known about Bahu's life, other than what was written in a hagiography called Manaqib-i Sultani seven generations after Bahu's own time. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sultan Bahu has received more than 569,794 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sultan Bahu is the 4,684th most popular writer, the 76th most popular biography from Pakistan and the 10th most popular Pakistani Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 570k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.57

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sultan Bahu ranks 4,684 out of 7,302. Before him are August Jakobson, Tobias Wolff, Samo Chalupka, Gillian Rubinstein, Jean Vautrin, and Paco Ignacio Taibo II. After him are Shudraka, Yoko Tawada, Louis Bromfield, Sakutarō Hagiwara, François Tristan l'Hermite, and Aleksandrs Čaks.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1630, Sultan Bahu ranks 25. Before him are Guru Har Rai, Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp, Lorenzo Gafà, Cornelis Pietersz Bega, Silvestro Valier, and Jean Richer. After him are Kaibara Ekken, and Lucy Walter. Among people deceased in 1691, Sultan Bahu ranks 16. Before him are Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Richard Baxter, Jean-Henri d'Anglebert, Isaac de Benserade, Cornelis Tromp, and Adrien Auzout.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Sultan Bahu ranks 76 out of 217. Before him are Vinod Khanna (1946), Shahid Khan (1950), Raaj Kumar (1926), Bahlul Lodi (1406), Ramanand Sagar (1917), and Art Malik (1952). After him are Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Balraj Sahni (1913), Yousaf Raza Gillani (1952), Muhammad Mian Soomro (1950), Reginald Dyer (1864), and Noor Jehan (1926).

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Among WRITERS In Pakistan

Among writers born in Pakistan, Sultan Bahu ranks 10. Before him are Amrita Pritam (1919), Bulleh Shah (1680), Rahman Baba (1632), Krishna Sobti (1925), Tariq Ali (1943), and Faiz Ahmad Faiz (1911). After him are Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi (1941), Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai (1690), Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Khushwant Singh (1915), Asma Barlas (1950), and Bhisham Sahni (1915).

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