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Ya'qubi

801 - 898

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ʾAbū al-ʿAbbās ʾAḥmad bin ʾAbī Yaʿqūb bin Ǧaʿfar bin Wahb bin Waḍīḥ al-Yaʿqūbī (died 897/8), commonly referred to simply by his nisba al-Yaʿqūbī, was an Arab Muslim geographer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ya'qubi has received more than 137,401 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ya'qubi is the 13th most popular geographer (up from 17th in 2019), the 57th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 69th in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Geographer.

Ya'qubi was a Muslim historian who wrote a history of the world from the creation of Adam to the year 915. He is most famous for his book Kitab al-Buldan.

Memorability Metrics

  • 140k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 65.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GEOGRAPHERS

Among geographers, Ya'qubi ranks 13 out of 86. Before him are Pausanias, Carl Ritter, Abraham Ortelius, Ferdinand von Richthofen, Martin Waldseemüller, and Wladimir Köppen. After him are Georg Joachim Rheticus, George Everest, Pomponius Mela, Ibn Khordadbeh, Paul Vidal de La Blache, and Ibn Jubayr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 801, Ya'qubi ranks 3. Before him are Al-Kindi, and Ansgar. After him are Huang Chao, Malcolm I of Scotland, Constantine II of Scotland, Leo Phokas the Elder, Grímur Kamban, Enravota, Theodora, Zoe Zaoutzaina, and Eudokia Dekapolitissa. Among people deceased in 898, Ya'qubi ranks 2. Before him is Odo of France. After him are Lambert of Italy, and Gerolf of Holland.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ya'qubi ranks 57 out of 384. Before him are Ashurnasirpal II (-1000), Al-Mutawakkil (822), Junayd of Baghdad (830), Abd al-Karim Qasim (1914), Ibn Hisham (701), and Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941). After him are Fuad Masum (1938), Tariq Aziz (1936), Al-Amin (787), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), Nabopolassar (-658), and Qutayba ibn Muslim (668).

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Among GEOGRAPHERS In Iraq

Among geographers born in Iraq, Ya'qubi ranks 1. 

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