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Abai Qunanbaiuly

1845 - 1904

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Abai Qūnanbaiūly (10 August [O.S. 29 July] 1845 – 6 July [O.S. 23 June] 1904) was a Kazakh poet, composer and Hanafi Maturidi theologian philosopher. He was also a cultural reformer toward European and Russian cultures on the basis of enlightened Islam. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abai Qunanbaiuly is the 734th most popular writer (down from 582nd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Kazakhstan (down from 9th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Kazakhstani Writer.

Abai Kunanbayuly is most famous for his epic poem, "Kutadgu Bilig" (or "Wisdom of Royal Glory"), which is the longest surviving work in the Turkic language.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Abai Qunanbaiuly ranks 734 out of 7,302. Before him are Theodore the Studite, Lucan, Jerry Falwell, Robert Burton, Clemens Brentano, and Geoffrey of Monmouth. After him are Judah Halevi, Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi, Aristarchus of Samothrace, Louise Hay, Emilio Salgari, and Iris Murdoch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, Abai Qunanbaiuly ranks 16. Before him are Amadeo I of Spain, Ludwig III of Bavaria, Carl Spitteler, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, George Reid, and Nikola Pašić. After him are John Sparrow David Thompson, Paul Vidal de La Blache, Edmond James de Rothschild, Ion Ivanovici, Leopold Auer, and Arthur MacArthur Jr.. Among people deceased in 1904, Abai Qunanbaiuly ranks 15. Before him are Friedrich Ratzel, Jean-Léon Gérôme, Henry Morton Stanley, Eadweard Muybridge, Gabriel Tarde, and Henri Fantin-Latour. After him are Vasily Vereshchagin, Stepan Makarov, Paul Kruger, George, King of Saxony, Émile Gallé, and Lafcadio Hearn.

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In Kazakhstan

Among people born in Kazakhstan, Abai Qunanbaiuly ranks 11 out of 193. Before him are Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1953), Muhammad Shaybani (1451), Lavr Kornilov (1870), Akhmad Kadyrov (1951), Vladimir Zhirinovsky (1946), and Aslan Maskhadov (1951). After him are Edigu (1352), Tughlugh Timur (1329), Ablai Khan (1711), Wladimir Klitschko (1976), Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev (1952), and Mukhtar Auezov (1897).

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Among WRITERS In Kazakhstan

Among writers born in Kazakhstan, Abai Qunanbaiuly ranks 2. Before him are Ahmad Yasawi (1103). After him are Mukhtar Auezov (1897), Mukaghali Makatayev (1931), Ybyrai Altynsarin (1841), Vsevolod Ivanov (1895), Saken Seifullin (1894), Alexander Volkov (1891), Alexander Kazantsev (1906), and Sergei Lukyanenko (1968).

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