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Al-Sharif al-Radi

970 - 1015

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Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad bin al-Ḥusayn bin Mūsā al-Abrash al-Mūsawī (Arabic: ابو الحسن محمد بن الحسين بن موسى الأبرش الموسوي; 970 – 1015), also known as al-Sharīf al-Raḍī (Arabic: الشريف الرضي) was an Iraqi Shia scholar and poet. Al-Radi wrote several books on Islamic issues and interpretation of the Quran. His most well-known book is Nahj al-Balagha. His elder brother al-Sharif al-Murtada was also a theologian and poet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Sharif al-Radi is the 2,414th most popular writer (down from 2,123rd in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 209th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Al-Sharif al-Radi ranks 2,414 out of 7,302. Before him are Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Karl Gutzkow, Gu Yanwu, Abdulah Sidran, Gabriel Matzneff, and Kakinomoto no Hitomaro. After him are Alexander Fadeyev, Renaud Camus, James Boswell, Esaias Tegnér, Marius Aventicensis, and Samuil Marshak.

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Among people born in 970, Al-Sharif al-Radi ranks 7. Before him are Leif Erikson, Pope Sergius IV, Pope John XVIII, Bruno of Querfurt, Fulk III, Count of Anjou, and Oldřich, Duke of Bohemia. After him are Procopius of Sázava, Otto, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Conrad I, Duke of Carinthia, Åsta Gudbrandsdatter, Sitt al-Mulk, and Hawise of Normandy. Among people deceased in 1015, Al-Sharif al-Radi ranks 6. Before him are Vladimir the Great, Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria, Lambert I, Count of Louvain, Arduin of Ivrea, and Ernest I, Duke of Swabia. After him is Adelaide, Abbess of Vilich.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Sharif al-Radi ranks 213 out of 384. Before him are Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1940), Manishtushu (null), Shar-Kali-Sharri (null), An Shigao (101), Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer (1958), and Sa'dun Hammadi (1930). After him are Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi (640), Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002), Qusay Hussein (1966), Shalmaneser II (-1090), Ashurnasirpal I (-1100), and Ibn Wahshiyya (900).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Al-Sharif al-Radi ranks 16. Before him are Ibn Khallikan (1211), Karim Findi (1946), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), and Aphrahat (280). After him are Al-Farazdaq (641), Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), Al-Asmaʿi (740), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), and Nazik Al-Malaika (1923).

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