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Ahmad ibn Mājid

1432 - 1500

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Aḥmad ibn Mājid (Arabic: أحمد بن ماجد), also known as the "Arab Admiral" (أمير البحر العربي, ʿAmīr al-Baḥr al-ʿArabī) and the "Lion of the Sea", was an Arab navigator and cartographer born c. 1432 in Julfar, the present-day Ras Al Khaimah in the United Arab Emirates. He was raised in a family famous for seafaring; at the age of seventeen he was able to navigate ships. The exact date is not known, but Ibn Mājid probably died around 1500. Although long identified in the West as the navigator who helped Vasco da Gama find his way from Africa to India, contemporary research has shown Ibn Mājid is unlikely even to have met Da Gama. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad ibn Mājid is the 2,096th most popular writer (down from 1,573rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from United Arab Emirates (down from 7th in 2019) and the most popular Emirati Writer.

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Among writers, Ahmad ibn Mājid ranks 2,096 out of 7,302. Before him are Marjorie Boulton, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Yoshida Kenkō, Menasseh Ben Israel, Armin T. Wegner, and Marceline Desbordes-Valmore. After him are Thomas Merton, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Mircea Cărtărescu, Cleitarchus, Kâtip Çelebi, and Alexis.

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Among people born in 1432, Ahmad ibn Mājid ranks 8. Before him are Pope Innocent VIII, Afonso V of Portugal, Alvise Cadamosto, Anne of Austria, Landgravine of Thuringia, Isabel of Coimbra, and Bartolomeo Vivarini. After him are Hōjō Sōun, Luigi Pulci, and Christina Abrahamsdotter. Among people deceased in 1500, Ahmad ibn Mājid ranks 10. Before him are Albert III, Duke of Saxony, Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado, Miguel da Paz, Prince of Portugal, Gil Eanes, Fernão do Pó, and Doukas. After him are Bartolomé Bermejo, John Morton, John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia, Wan Hu, and Álvaro Fernandes.

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In United Arab Emirates

Among people born in United Arab Emirates, Ahmad ibn Mājid ranks 8 out of 49. Before him are Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1948), Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1961), Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan (1918), Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1943), Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum (1912), and Mohammed Ben Sulayem (1961). After him are Sarla Thakral (1914), Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (1939), Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra (632), Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III (1931), Marwan al-Shehhi (1978), and Ali Bujsaim (1959).

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Among writers born in United Arab Emirates, Ahmad ibn Mājid ranks 1. 

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