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Ahmad ibn Fadlan

900 - 960

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Ahmad ibn Fadlan ibn al-Abbas al-Baghdadi (Arabic: أحمد بن فضلان بن العباس بن راشد بن حماد, romanized: Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān ibn al-ʿAbbās al-Baghdādī) or simply known as Ibn Fadlan, was a 10th-century traveler from Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate, famous for his account of his travels as a member of an embassy of the Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir to the king of the Volga Bulgars, known as his risāla ("account" or "journal"). His account is most notable for providing a detailed description of the Volga Vikings, including eyewitness accounts of life as part of a trade caravan and witnessing a ship burial. He also notably described the lifestyle of the Oghuz Turks while the Khazars, Cumans, and Pechenegs were still around. Ibn Fadlan's detailed writings have been cited by numerous historians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad ibn Fadlan is the 412th most popular writer (down from 365th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 35th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iraqi Writer.

Ahmad ibn Fadlan is most famous for being a Muslim diplomat and explorer who traveled to the Volga River in 921 AD.

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Among writers, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 412 out of 7,302. Before him are Livius Andronicus, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Wilhelm Grimm, Jorge Amado, W. B. Yeats, and Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux. After him are Sándor Petőfi, Wu Cheng'en, James Fenimore Cooper, Henning Mankell, Arthur de Gobineau, and Jack Kerouac.

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Among people born in 900, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 10. Before him are Pope Leo VII, Pope Lando, Oleg of Novgorod, Pope Benedict VI, Pope Stephen VIII, and Pope Agapetus II. After him are Halfdan Ragnarsson, Pope Leo VIII, Eochaid, son of Rhun, Robert the Strong, Banū Mūsā, and Berengar II of Italy. Among people deceased in 960, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 1. After him are Abū Ja'far al-Khāzin, Časlav, and Fulk II, Count of Anjou.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 37 out of 384. Before him are Jalal Talabani (1933), Šuppiluliuma I (-1344), Eber (-2038), Antiochus I Soter (-324), Sinsharishkun (-700), and Enheduanna (-2300). After him are Ismail al-Jazari (1136), Al-Mu'tasim (796), Gudea (-2200), Abdul Latif Rashid (1944), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (1971), and Nahum (-600).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Ahmad ibn Fadlan ranks 5. Before him are Al-Masudi (896), Fuzûlî (1494), Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780), and Enheduanna (-2300). After him are Berossus (-400), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Ibn Sirin (653), Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Karim Findi (1946), and Ibn al-Nadim (1000).

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