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Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī

1413 - 1482

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Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī (Persian: کمال‌الدین عبدالرزاق بن اسحاق سمرقندی, Kamal-ud-Din Abd-ur-Razzaq ibn Ishaq Samarqandi; 7 November 1413 – August 1482) was a Persian Timurid chronicler and Islamic scholar. He was for a while the ambassador of Shah Rukh, the Timurid dynasty ruler of Persia. In his role as ambassador he visited Kozhikode in south India in the early 1440s. He wrote a narrative of what he saw in Calicut which is valuable as information on Calicut's society and culture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī is the 120th most popular historian (up from 412th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 116th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Afghan Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī ranks 120 out of 561. Before him are Reinhart Koselleck, Peter Burke, Leo the Deacon, Michael Glykas, Pierre Nora, and Shoqan Walikhanov. After him are August Ludwig von Schlözer, Hayden White, Guibert of Nogent, Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange, Michael Rostovtzeff, and Alois Riegl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1413, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī ranks 3. Before him are Louis, Duke of Savoy, and Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg. After him are Catherine of Bologna, Borso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, Ulrich V, Count of Württemberg, Marco Barbarigo, Giosafat Barbaro, Sayf al-Din Khushqadam, and Vakhtang IV of Georgia. Among people deceased in 1482, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī ranks 11. Before him are Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli, Federico da Montefeltro, Lucrezia Tornabuoni, Philibert I, Duke of Savoy, Gedik Ahmed Pasha, and William III, Landgrave of Thuringia. After him are Louis of Cyprus, Giovanni di Paolo, William the Victorious, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Mechthild of the Palatinate.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī ranks 55 out of 177. Before him are Haji Mohammad Chamkani (1947), Tahir ibn Husayn (776), Ali Hujwiri (1009), Mahmud Shah Durrani (1769), Mirwais Hotak (1673), and Abu Sa'id Mirza (1424). After him are Abdul Rahim Hatif (1926), Mas'ud I of Ghazni (998), Sher Ali Khan (1825), Menander I (-190), Bairam Khan (1501), and Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006).

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Among HISTORIANS In Afghanistan

Among historians born in Afghanistan, Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī ranks 2. Before him are Minhaj-i-Siraj (1193). After him are Ibn Hibban (883), and Khvandamir (1475).

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