RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli

854 - 946

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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn al-‘Abbās al-Ṣūlī (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن يحيى بن العباس الصولي) (born c. 870 Gorgan – died between 941 and 948 Basra) was a Turkic scholar and a court companion of three Abbāsid caliphs: al-Muktafī, his successor al-Muqtadir, and later, al-Radi, whom he also tutored. He was a bibliophile, wrote letters, editor-poet, chronicler, and a shatranj (chess) player. His contemporary biographer Isḥāq al-Nadīm tells us he was "of manly bearing." He wrote many books, the most famous of which are Kitāb Al-Awrāq and Kitāb al-Shiṭranj. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli is the 1,612th most popular religious figure (down from 1,534th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Iran (up from 230th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli ranks 1,612 out of 3,187. Before him are Menocchio, Peter Bartholomew, Alfred Loisy, Elizabeth Bolden, Elazar Shach, and Pope Timothy II of Alexandria. After him are Abbo of Fleury, Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Julian the Hospitaller, Antipope Callixtus III, Pierre de Castelnau, and Saint Martial.

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Among people born in 854, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli ranks 2. Before him is Al-Mu'tadid.  Among people deceased in 946, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli ranks 7. Before him are Pope Marinus II, Edmund I, John of Rila, Al-Qa'im, Eadgyth, and Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid. After him is Ibrahim ibn Sinan.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli ranks 227 out of 631. Before him are Shutruk-Nakhunte (-1300), Fazlollah Zahedi (1897), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Safi al-Din al-Urmawi (1216), Shaul Mofaz (1948), and Al-Taftazani (1322). After him are Esmail Ghaani (1957), Shahrokh Shah (1734), Amir Kabir (1807), Ibn al-Faqih (null), Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919), and Masawaiyh (777).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli ranks 24. Before him are Piruz Nahavandi (700), Shaykh Tusi (995), Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), Aga Khan II (1830), Ibn Babawayh (918), and Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933). After him are Ibn Khuzayma (838), Morteza Motahhari (1919), Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Reza Hosseini Nassab (1960), and Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948).

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