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Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi

995 - 1077

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Abūʾl-Fazl Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Bayhaqī (Persian: ابوالفضل محمد بن حسین بیهقی; died September 21, 1077), better known as Abu'l-Fazl Bayhaqi (ابوالفضل بیهقی; also spelled Beyhaqi), was a secretary, historian and author. Educated in the major cultural center of Nishapur, and employed at the court of the famous Ghaznavid Sultan Mahmud, Bayhaqi was a highly cultured man, whose magnum opus—the Tarikh-i Bayhaqi, is seen as the most reliable source of valid information about the Ghaznavid era, which was written in an exquisite and vivid Persian prose that would become an ideal model for several eras. Bayhaqi is praised by modern scholars for his frankness, precision, and elegant style in his book, which he had spent 22 years to write, finishing it in thirty volumes, of which however only five volumes and half of the sixth exist today. Julie Scott Meisami places Bayhaqi among the historians of the Islamic Golden Age. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi is the 4,024th most popular writer (down from 3,065th in 2019), the 341st most popular biography from Iran (down from 284th in 2019) and the 46th most popular Iranian Writer.

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Among writers, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi ranks 4,024 out of 7,302. Before him are Ralph Ellison, Cui Hao, Konrad Pellikan, Alexander Neckam, Rosa Montero, and Oskar Luts. After him are Innokenty Annensky, Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand, Jacqueline de Romilly, Sven Aggesen, Og Mandino, and Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay.

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Among people born in 995, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi ranks 12. Before him are Muniadona of Castile, John Gualbert, Wipo of Burgundy, Yahya ibn Ali ibn Hammud al-Mu'tali, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Aquitaine, and Herman III, Duke of Swabia. After him is Reginar V, Count of Mons. Among people deceased in 1077, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi ranks 8. Before him are Agnes of Poitou, Anawrahta, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, Andronikos Doukas, Zhang Zai, and Andronikos Doukas.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi ranks 341 out of 631. Before him are Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1921), Ali-Morad Khan Zand (1779), Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923), Simin Behbahani (1927), Ibn Bibi (1250), and Ismail III (1733). After him are Mohammad Rasoulof (1972), Haj Ali Razmara (1901), Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963), Abu Said Gorgani (850), Mohammad Ali Fardin (1930), and Massoud Rajavi (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi ranks 46. Before him are Mahmoud Shabestari (1288), Saib Tabrizi (1592), Simin Daneshvar (1921), Jalal Al-e-Ahmad (1923), Simin Behbahani (1927), and Ibn Bibi (1250). After him are Iraj Mirza (1874), Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani (1001), Cassandra Clare (1973), Bozorg Alavi (1904), Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh (1892), and Bahram Beyzai (1938).

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