543 - 569
Tarafa (Arabic: طرفة بن العبد بن سفيان بن سعد أبو عمرو البكري الوائلي / ALA-LC: Ṭarafah ibn al-‘Abd ibn Sufyān ibn Sa‘d Abū ‘Amr al-Bakrī al-Wā’ilī; 543–569), was a 6th century Arabian poet of the tribe of the Bakr. He is one of the seven poets of the most celebrated anthology of ancient Arabic poetry, known as the Muʿallaqāt, however just one of his poems is included. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tarafa has received more than 67,188 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Tarafa is the 2,800th most popular writer, the 4th most popular biography from Bahrain and the most popular Bahraini Writer.
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Among writers, Tarafa ranks 2,800 out of 5,755. Before him are Lupus Servatus, Vonda N. McIntyre, Niccolò Tommaseo, Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Ibn Zaydún, and Hubert Selby Jr.. After him are Dorothea von Schlegel, Louis of Granada, Nonius Marcellus, Alberic of Trois-Fontaines, Bo Carpelan, and Marco Foscarini.
805 - 862
HPI: 52.26
Rank: 2,794
1948 - 2019
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,795
1802 - 1874
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,796
1908 - 1994
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,797
1003 - 1071
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,798
1928 - 2004
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,799
543 - 569
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,800
1764 - 1839
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 2,801
1504 - 1588
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 2,802
300 - Present
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 2,803
1201 - 1250
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 2,804
1926 - 2011
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 2,805
1696 - 1763
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 2,806
Among people born in 543, Tarafa ranks 2. Before him is Brunhilda of Austrasia. Among people deceased in 569, Tarafa ranks 1.
Among people born in Bahrain, Tarafa ranks 4 out of 18. Before him are Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (1950), Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa (1936), and Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa (1933). After him are Salman, Crown Prince of Bahrain (1969), Nawaf Shukralla (1976), Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa (1965), Houda Nonoo (1964), Jacqueline Fernandez (1985), A'ala Hubail (1982), Mohamed Husain (1980), and Salman Isa (1977).
1950 - Present
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 1
1936 - 2020
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 2
1933 - 1999
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 3
543 - 569
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 4
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 5
1976 - Present
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 6
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 7
1964 - Present
HPI: 35.02
Rank: 8
1985 - Present
HPI: 33.69
Rank: 9
1982 - Present
HPI: 31.15
Rank: 10
1980 - Present
HPI: 29.55
Rank: 11
1977 - Present
HPI: 29.54
Rank: 12
Among writers born in Bahrain, Tarafa ranks 1.