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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 240,371 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Táhirih is the 1,575th most popular writer (up from 1,595th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from Iran (down from 165th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Iranian Writer.

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  • 240k

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  • 57.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Táhirih ranks 1,575 out of 5,755. Before her are James Ellroy, Ippolita Maria Sforza, Alistair MacLean, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Sri Chinmoy, and Yan Fu. After her are Remy de Gourmont, Else Lasker-Schüler, Ono no Komachi, Marianne Weber, Clodia Pulchra, and Jean-François Marmontel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1817, Táhirih ranks 20. Before her are Theodor Storm, Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Austen Henry Layard, Charles Adolphe Wurtz, and Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. After her are Hermann Lotze, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, Albert von Kölliker, Antonio de Torres Jurado, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, and Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac. Among people deceased in 1852, Táhirih ranks 21. Before her are Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, Xavier de Maistre, Thomas Moore, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Hadji Murad, and Prince Felix of Schwarzenberg. After her are Gideon Mantell, Gotthold Eisenstein, Prince Paul of Württemberg, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, and Salvadore Cammarano.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Táhirih ranks 180 out of 528. Before her are Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942), Shaykh Tusi (995), Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), 'Adud al-Dawla (936), Apama (-400), and Shapour Bakhtiar (1914). After her are Sinatruces of Parthia (-157), Mehdi Bazargan (1907), Phriapatius (-290), Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960), Arsaces II of Parthia (-300), and Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Táhirih ranks 18. Before her are Magtymguly Pyragy (1733), Ali Shariati (1933), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Forough Farrokhzad (1935), Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), and Sadegh Hedayat (1903). After her are Baba Tahir (947), Daqiqi (1000), Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125), Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906), and Nima Yooshij (1897).

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