WRITER

Abdullah Abdul Kadir

1796 - 1854

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Abdullah bin Abdul al Kadir (1796–1854) (Arabic: عبد الله بن عبد القادر 'Abd Allāh bin 'Abd al-Qādir), also known as Munshi Abdullah, was a Malayan writer. He was a famous Malacca-born munshi of Singapore and died in Jeddah, then part of the Ottoman Empire. Munshi Abdullah followed his father's career path as a translator and teacher of colonial officials in the Malay Archipelago, mainly the British and the Dutch. Munshi Abdullah has been popularly regarded as among the most cultured Malays who ever wrote, one of the greatest innovators in Malay letters and the father of modern Malay literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdullah Abdul Kadir is the 2,885th most popular writer (up from 3,064th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Malaysia and the most popular Malaysian Writer.

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Among writers, Abdullah Abdul Kadir ranks 2,885 out of 7,302. Before him are Angela Carter, Josef Škvorecký, Alexander Imich, Sæmundr fróði, Stefan Heym, and Lucía Sánchez Saornil. After him are Andrei Sinyavsky, Frans G. Bengtsson, Solomon Perel, Petr Chelčický, Bernard Werber, and Ubayd Zakani.

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Among people born in 1796, Abdullah Abdul Kadir ranks 31. Before him are James Bowie, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, August von Platen-Hallermünde, John Stevens Henslow, and David Roberts. After him are Johann Christian Poggendorff, Mikhail Muravyov-Vilensky, Laurent-Joseph-Marius Imbert, William H. Prescott, Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Horace Mann. Among people deceased in 1854, Abdullah Abdul Kadir ranks 28. Before him are Arthur Aikin, Pierre Alphonse Laurent, Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, Émilie de Villeneuve, Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel, and Macedonio Melloni. After him are Vatroslav Lisinski, Silvio Pellico, Maria Wirtemberska, Joseph de Villèle, José Joaquín de Herrera, and Jean Coralli.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Abdullah Abdul Kadir ranks 21 out of 90. Before him are Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Hussein Onn (1922), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), Yusof Ishak (1910), and Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930). After him are Soh Chin Ann (1950), Azlan Shah of Perak (1928), Salahuddin of Selangor (1926), Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan (1922), James Wan (1977), and Hisamuddin of Selangor (1898).

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Among writers born in Malaysia, Abdullah Abdul Kadir ranks 1. 

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