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Abu Isa al-Warraq

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Abu Isa al-Warraq, full name Abū ʿĪsā Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Warrāq (Arabic: أبو عيسى محمد بن هارون الوراق, died 861–2 AD/247 AH), was a 9th-century Arab skeptic scholar and critic of Islam and religion in general. He was a mentor and friend of scholar Ibn al-Rawandi in whose work The Book of the Emerald he appears. A modern critic of Islam, Ibn Warraq, derives his pseudonym from al-Warraq. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Isa al-Warraq is the 3,624th most popular writer (up from 5,342nd in 2019), the 280th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 329th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among writers, Abu Isa al-Warraq ranks 3,624 out of 7,302. Before him are Rubem Fonseca, L. J. Smith, Edvard Radzinsky, Gary Snyder, Åsa Larsson, and Willem Frederik Hermans. After him are Paul Goma, Bertus Aafjes, Brigitte Hamann, Erich Weinert, Hans Erich Nossack, and Buhturi.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abu Isa al-Warraq ranks 280 out of 384. Before him are Entemena (-2430), Ahmad ibn Yusuf (835), Ashur-resh-ishi II (-1100), Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190), Kurigalzu II (-1400), and Jacob of Serugh (451). After him are Enlil-kudurri-usur (-1300), Kidinnu (-400), Shamshi-Adad IV (-1100), Ibn Butlan (1001), Tahir Yahya (1913), and Mahmud Nedim Pasha (1818).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Abu Isa al-Warraq ranks 24. Before him are Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), Al-Asmaʿi (740), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), and Jacob of Serugh (451). After him are Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), Abdullah Goran (1904), Ahmet Haşim (1887), and Muhsin al-Ramli (1967).

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