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Usama ibn Munqidh

1095 - 1188

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Majd ad-Dīn Usāma ibn Murshid ibn ʿAlī ibn Munqidh al-Kināni al-Kalbī (also Usamah, Ousama, etc.; Arabic: مجد الدّين اُسامة ابن مُرشد ابن على ابن مُنقذ الكنانى الكلبى) (4 July 1095 – 17 November 1188) or Ibn Munqidh was a medieval Arab Muslim poet, author, faris (knight), and diplomat from the Banu Munqidh dynasty of Shaizar in northern Syria. His life coincided with the rise of several medieval Muslim dynasties, the arrival of the First Crusade, and the establishment of the crusader states. He was the nephew and potential successor of the emir of Shaizar, but was exiled in 1131 and spent the rest of his life serving other leaders. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Usama ibn Munqidh has received more than 151,077 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Usama ibn Munqidh is the 1,517th most popular writer (down from 1,457th in 2019), the 63rd most popular biography from Syria (down from 57th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Syrian Writer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.69

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  • 2.54

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Usama ibn Munqidh ranks 1,517 out of 5,755. Before him are Otfried Preußler, Ahmed Shawqi, Upton Sinclair, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ion Luca Caragiale, and Jules de Goncourt. After him are Jean-Jacques Ampère, Andal, Margherita Sarfatti, Giorgio Bassani, Robert Desnos, and Anne Desclos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1095, Usama ibn Munqidh ranks 7. Before him are Roger II of Sicily, Stephen, King of England, Yuri Dolgorukiy, Mesud I, Antipope Victor IV, and Suryavarman II. After him are Amadeus III, Count of Savoy, William II, Duke of Apulia, and Conan III, Duke of Brittany. Among people deceased in 1188, Usama ibn Munqidh ranks 2. Before him is Ferdinand II of León. After him are Robert I, Count of Dreux and Eysteinn Erlendsson.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Usama ibn Munqidh ranks 63 out of 181. Before him are Taqi ad-Din Muhammad ibn Ma'ruf (1526), Tuman bay II (1474), Zimri-Lim (-1800), Khaled al-Asaad (1932), Vaballathus (266), and Asmahan (1917). After him are Ibn al-Shatir (1304), Farid al-Atrash (1910), Seleucus VI Epiphanes (-150), Abu Tammam (788), Abdul Halim Khaddam (1932), and Fakhr al-Mulk Radwan (1080).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Usama ibn Munqidh ranks 8. Before him are Adunis (1930), Heliodorus of Emesa (250), Herodian (170), Andrew of Crete (660), Nizar Qabbani (1923), and Khaled al-Asaad (1932). After him are Abu Tammam (788), Jurji Zaydan (1861), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), Alciphron (200), Cassius Longinus (213), and John Moschus (550).

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