WRITER

Al-Busiri

1213 - 1294

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Al-Būṣīrī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن سعيد بن حماد الصنهاجي البوصيري, romanized: Abū ʿAbdallāh Muhammad ibn Saʿīd al-Ṣanhājī al-Būṣīrī; 1212–1294) was a Sanhaji Kabyle Sufi Sunni Muslim poet belonging to the Shadhili, and a direct disciple of the Sufi saint Abu al-Abbas al-Mursi. His magnum opus, the Qaṣīda al-Burda "Poem of the Mantle" in praise of Prophet Muhammad is one of the most popular Islamic poems of the genre. It is in Arabic, as is his other ode named "Al-Hamziyya". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Busiri is the 2,282nd most popular writer (down from 1,927th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Algeria (down from 61st in 2019) and the 10th most popular Algerian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Al-Busiri ranks 2,282 out of 7,302. Before him are Thomas Gray, Fujiwara no Teika, James Herbert Brennan, Dick Francis, Mkhitar Sebastatsi, and Jurij Brězan. After him are Alma Karlin, Walter of Châtillon, Frankétienne, Tobias Smollett, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, and Ding Ling.

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Among people born in 1213, Al-Busiri ranks 4. Before him are Al-Musta'sim, Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy, and Jia Sidao. After him are John I, Margrave of Brandenburg, Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi, and Yolande of Dreux, Duchess of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1294, Al-Busiri ranks 7. Before him are Kublai Khan, Louis II, Duke of Bavaria, Brunetto Latini, John I, Duke of Brabant, Rabban Bar Sauma, and Safi al-Din al-Urmawi. After him is Dmitry of Pereslavl.

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In Algeria

Among people born in Algeria, Al-Busiri ranks 66 out of 213. Before him are Nicole Garcia (1946), Kateb Yacine (1929), Ahmad al-Tijani (1735), Djamila Bouhired (1935), Alphonse Juin (1888), and Rachid Taha (1958). After him are Rabah Bitat (1925), Kusaila (640), Mohammed Lakhdar-Hamina (1934), Lakhdar Brahimi (1934), Isaac Alfasi (1013), and Roger Hanin (1925).

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Among WRITERS In Algeria

Among writers born in Algeria, Al-Busiri ranks 10. Before him are Bernard-Henri Lévy (1948), Assia Djebar (1936), Marcus Minucius Felix (110), Robert Merle (1908), Boualem Sansal (1949), and Kateb Yacine (1929). After him are Isaac Alfasi (1013), Mohammed Dib (1920), Mouloud Feraoun (1913), Yasmina Khadra (1955), Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari (1578), and Mouloud Mammeri (1917).

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