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Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi

1002 - 1071

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Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Thābit ibn Aḥmad ibn Māhdī al-Shāfiʿī, commonly known as al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī (Arabic: الخطيب البغدادي) or "the lecturer from Baghdad" (10 May 1002 – 5 September 1071; 392 AH-463 AH), was an Iraqi Sunni Muslim scholar known for being one of the foremost hadith scholars and historians of his time. He is widely considered an important authority in hadith, fiqh and history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi is the 188th most popular historian (down from 123rd in 2019), the 215th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 182nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 188 out of 561. Before him are Joseph Klausner, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Christopher Browning, Pulakeshin II, Ibn Abd al-Hakam, and Linda Nochlin. After him are Évariste Lévi-Provençal, Ernst Kantorowicz, Krste Misirkov, Henri Maspero, Ibn Wahshiyya, and Alexander Kazhdan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1002, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 3. Before him are Pope Leo IX, and Nikephoros III Botaneiates.  Among people deceased in 1071, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 2. Before him is Arnulf III, Count of Flanders. After him are Domenico I Contarini, Ibn 'Abd al-Barr, Ibn Zaydún, William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, Nuno Mendes, Eleanor of Normandy, and Edwin, Earl of Mercia.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 215 out of 384. Before him are Shar-Kali-Sharri (null), An Shigao (101), Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (1958), Sa'dun Hammadi (1930), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), and Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi (640). After him are Qusay Hussein (1966), Shalmaneser II (-1090), Ashurnasirpal I (-1100), Ibn Wahshiyya (900), Sayf al-Din Ghazi I (1200), and Emmanuel III Delly (1927).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iraq

Among historians born in Iraq, Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi ranks 2. Before him are Al-Baladhuri (806). After him are Ibn Wahshiyya (900), Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (1145), Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), Khalifah ibn Khayyat (777), and Avi Shlaim (1945).

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