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Táhirih

1817 - 1852

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Táhirih (Ṭāhira) (Persian: طاهره, "The Pure One," also called Qurrat al-ʿAyn (Arabic: قرة العين "Solace/Consolation of the Eyes") are both titles of Fatimah Baraghani/Umm-i Salmih (1814 or 1817 – August 16–27, 1852), an influential poet, women's rights activist and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran. She was one of the Letters of the Living, the first group of followers of the Báb. Her life, influence and execution made her a key figure of the religion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Táhirih has received more than 260,724 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Táhirih is the 1,705th most popular writer (down from 1,571st in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from Iran (down from 180th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Iranian Writer.

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  • 260k

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  • 63.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Táhirih ranks 1,705 out of 7,302. Before her are Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, Aleksa Šantić, Maximus the Greek, Jean Bodel, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, and Shen Yue. After her are Sheridan Le Fanu, Boris Akunin, Bernard Malamud, Kateb Yacine, Mao Dun, and Hadewijch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Táhirih ranks 23. Before her are Theodor Storm, Austen Henry Layard, Hermann Lotze, C. H. D. Buys Ballot, Albert von Kölliker, and Branwell Brontë. After her are Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Joseph Dalton Hooker, Antonio de Torres Jurado, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, János Arany, and Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac. Among people deceased in 1852, Táhirih ranks 21. Before her are Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden, Xavier de Maistre, Thomas Moore, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Hadji Murad, and Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg. After her are Gideon Mantell, Gotthold Eisenstein, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Matthias Castrén, Tirimüjgan Kadın, and Prince Paul of Württemberg.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Táhirih ranks 196 out of 631. Before her are Barbara (null), Simko Shikak (1887), Baba Tahir (947), Shohreh Aghdashloo (1952), Ibn Khuzayma (838), and Shihab al-Din 'Umar al-Suhrawardi (1145). After her are Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960), Phriapatius (-290), Ali Daei (1969), Abū Sahl al-Qūhī (940), Ahmad ibn Rustah (null), and Orodes III of Parthia (-100).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Táhirih ranks 19. Before her are Magtymguly Pyragy (1733), Ali Shariati (1933), Forough Farrokhzad (1935), Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Sadegh Hedayat (1903), and Baba Tahir (947). After her are Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), Daqiqi (1000), Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), and Ahmad Shamlou (1925).

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