PHILOSOPHER

Abu Yusuf

731 - 798

Abu Yusuf

Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim al-Ansari (Arabic: يعقوب بن إبراهيم الأنصاري, romanized: Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm al-Anṣārī), better known as Abu Yusuf (Arabic: أبو يوسف, romanized: Abū Yūsuf) (729–798) was an Islamic jurist, as well as a student of Abu Hanifa (d.767) and Malik ibn Anas (d.795), who helped spread the influence of the Hanafi school of Islamic law, and was notable for having introduced the Maliki-like position of Urf being a valid source of sunnah, that could overrule literary traditions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Yusuf is the 316th most popular philosopher (down from 304th in 2019), the 70th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 67th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Iraqi Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Abu Yusuf ranks 316 out of 1,267. Before him are Georges Sorel, Henri Lefebvre, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Félix Guattari, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, and Alfred Schütz. After him are Mazdak, Pietro Pomponazzi, Moritz Schlick, Vyasa, Ari Thorgilsson, and Hipparchia of Maroneia.

Most Popular Philosophers in Wikipedia

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Georges Sorel
1847 - 1922
HPI: 70.56
Rank: 310
Henri Lefebvre
1901 - 1991
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 311
Elena Cornaro Piscopia
1646 - 1684
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 312
Félix Guattari
1930 - 1992
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 313
Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
1857 - 1939
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 314
Alfred Schütz
1899 - 1959
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 315
Abu Yusuf
731 - 798
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 316
Mazdak
450 - 529
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 317
Pietro Pomponazzi
1462 - 1525
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 318
Moritz Schlick
1882 - 1936
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 319
Vyasa
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 320
Ari Thorgilsson
1067 - 1148
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 321
Hipparchia of Maroneia
350 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 322

Contemporaries

Among people born in 731, Abu Yusuf ranks 2. Before him is Abd al-Rahman I. After him are Telets of Bulgaria, and Ōtomo no Otomaro. Among people deceased in 798, Abu Yusuf ranks 1. After him are Trisong Detsen, and Beatus of Liébana.

Others Born in 731

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Abd al-Rahman I
POLITICIAN
731 - 788
HPI: 74.67
Rank: 1
Abu Yusuf
PHILOSOPHER
731 - 798
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 2
Telets of Bulgaria
POLITICIAN
731 - 764
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 3
Ōtomo no Otomaro
MILITARY PERSONNEL
731 - 809
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 4

Others Deceased in 798

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Abu Yusuf
PHILOSOPHER
731 - 798
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 1
Trisong Detsen
POLITICIAN
742 - 798
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 2
Beatus of Liébana
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
730 - 798
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 3

In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Abu Yusuf ranks 70 out of 384. Before him are Shamash-shum-ukin (-650), Tiglath-Pileser I (-1200), Ali Hassan al-Majid (1941), Louis Raphaël I Sako (1948), Tariq Aziz (1936), and Ibn Hisham (701). After him are Nahor, son of Serug (-1912), Tiglath-Pileser III (-755), Shalmaneser I (-1400), Berossus (-400), Qutayba ibn Muslim (668), and Urukagina (-2500).

Others born in Iraq

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Shamash-shum-ukin
POLITICIAN
650 BC - 648 BC
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 64
Tiglath-Pileser I
POLITICIAN
1200 BC - 1076 BC
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 65
Ali Hassan al-Majid
PUBLIC WORKER
1941 - 2010
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 66
Louis Raphaël I Sako
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1948 - Present
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 67
Tariq Aziz
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2015
HPI: 70.60
Rank: 68
Ibn Hisham
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
701 - 833
HPI: 70.58
Rank: 69
Abu Yusuf
PHILOSOPHER
731 - 798
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 70
Nahor, son of Serug
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1912 BC - 1764 BC
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 71
Tiglath-Pileser III
POLITICIAN
755 BC - 727 BC
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 72
Shalmaneser I
POLITICIAN
1400 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 73
Berossus
WRITER
400 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 74
Qutayba ibn Muslim
MILITARY PERSONNEL
668 - 715
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 75
Urukagina
POLITICIAN
2500 BC - 2371 BC
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 76