WRITER

Unsuri

980 - 1039

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Abul Qasim Hasan Unsuri Balkhi (Persian: ابوالقاسم حسن عنصری بلخی; died 1039/1040) was a 10–11th century Persian poet. ‘Unṣurī is said to have been born in Balkh, today located in Afghanistan, and he eventually became a poet of the royal court of Mahmud of Ghazni, and was given the title Malik-us Shu'ara (King of Poets) under Sultan Maḥmūd of Ghazna. His Divan is said to have contained 30,000 distichs, of which only 2500 remain today. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Unsuri has received more than 44,452 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Unsuri is the 2,981st most popular writer (up from 3,606th in 2019), the 82nd most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 89th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Afghan Writer.

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  • 44k

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  • 59.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Unsuri ranks 2,981 out of 7,302. Before him are Karim Findi, Germaine Greer, Ibn Manzur, Bruce Sterling, Richard Baxter, and Yevgeny Baratynsky. After him are Bret Easton Ellis, Laura Bridgman, David Foster Wallace, Tariq Ali, Amadou Hampâté Bâ, and Auguste Barbier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 980, Unsuri ranks 18. Before him are Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, Emperor Ichijō, Muhammad II of Córdoba, Einar Thambarskelfir, Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, and Izyaslav of Polotsk. After him are Yahya of Antioch, Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia, Farrukhi Sistani, and Emma of Provence. Among people deceased in 1039, Unsuri ranks 5. Before him are Ibn al-Haytham, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, Cunigunde of Luxembourg, and Dirk III, Count of Holland. After him are Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia, Odo of Gascony, and Conrad II, Duke of Carinthia.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Unsuri ranks 82 out of 177. Before him are Humaira Begum (1918), Mawdud of Ghazni (1012), Al-Sijzi (945), Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Gulbadan Begum (1523), and Abdul Ali Mazari (1946). After him are Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849), Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Ibrahim al-Nazzam (760), Afghan Girl (1972), Abdul Qadir (1944), and Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959).

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Among WRITERS In Afghanistan

Among writers born in Afghanistan, Unsuri ranks 7. Before him are Rumi (1207), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Sanai (1080), Rabia Balkhi (1000), and Gulbadan Begum (1523). After him are Farrukhi Sistani (980), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Nadia Anjuman (1981), Nadia Ghulam (1985), Niloofar Rahmani (1992), and Fatima Bhutto (1982).

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