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Tarafa

543 - 569

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 67k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tarafa ranks 2,800 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 543, Tarafa ranks 2Before him is Brunhilda of Austrasia.  Among people deceased in 569, Tarafa ranks 1

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In Bahrain

Among people born in Bahrain, Tarafa ranks 4 out of 18Before 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).

Among WRITERS In Bahrain

Among writers born in Bahrain, Tarafa ranks 1