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Yahya of Antioch

980 - 1066

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Yahya of Antioch, full name Yaḥya ibn Saʿīd al-Anṭākī (Arabic: يحيى بن سعيد الأنطاكي), was a Melkite Christian physician and historian of the 11th century. He was most likely born in Fatimid Egypt. He became a physician, but the anti-Christian policies of Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yahya of Antioch has received more than 58,062 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Yahya of Antioch is the 247th most popular historian (up from 256th in 2019), the 403rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 393rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Egyptian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Yahya of Antioch ranks 247 out of 561. Before him are Elishe, Saul Friedländer, Krste Misirkov, Gerardus Vossius, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, and Vakhushti of Kartli. After him are Quentin Skinner, Fritz Fischer, Festus, İlber Ortaylı, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, and Arno Peters.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 980, Yahya of Antioch ranks 19. Before him are Emperor Ichijō, Muhammad II of Córdoba, Einar Thambarskelfir, Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Izyaslav of Polotsk, and Unsuri. After him are Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia, Farrukhi Sistani, and Emma of Provence. Among people deceased in 1066, Yahya of Antioch ranks 10. Before him are Stenkil, Al-Bayhaqi, Elisiv of Kiev, Muniadona of Castile, Tostig Godwinson, and Gottschalk. After him are Ibn Butlan, Conan II, Duke of Brittany, Udayadityavarman II, and Gyrth Godwinson.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Yahya of Antioch ranks 403 out of 642. Before him are Hermias (401), Zainab al Ghazali (1917), Anatolius of Laodicea (201), Al-Mustakfi I (1285), Abbās al-Aqqād (1889), and Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754). After him are Ibrahim Mahlab (1949), Walther von Hünersdorff (1898), Al-Fa'iz bi-Nasr Allah (1149), Ali Sabri (1920), Eutychius of Alexandria (877), and Pope Theonas of Alexandria (300).

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Among HISTORIANS In Egypt

Among historians born in Egypt, Yahya of Antioch ranks 7. Before him are Manetho (-201), Eric Hobsbawm (1917), Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (1372), Theophylact Simocatta (580), Al-Maqrizi (1364), and Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754). After him are Al-Nuwayri (1279), and H. A. R. Gibb (1895).

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