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Ali Shariati

1933 - 1977

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Ali Shariati Mazinani (Persian: علی شریعتی مزینانی, 23 November 1933 – 18 June 1977) was an Iranian revolutionary and sociologist who specialised in the sociology of religion. He is regarded as one of the most influential Iranian intellectuals of the 20th century. He has been referred to as the "ideologue of the Islamic Revolution", although his ideas did not ultimately serve as the foundation for the Islamic Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Shariati is the 849th most popular writer (up from 1,004th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Iran (up from 136th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Iranian Writer.

Ali Shariati was a religious intellectual and activist who is most famous for his book, The Sociology of Islam.

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Among writers, Ali Shariati ranks 849 out of 7,302. Before him are Ibycus, Franz Grillparzer, Jin Yong, Karl Harrer, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani, and Bernart de Ventadorn. After him are Eugène Scribe, Michael Crichton, Menippus, Jonas Lie, Andrea Camilleri, and Julian Barnes.

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Among people born in 1933, Ali Shariati ranks 57. Before him are Lee Radziwill, Charles K. Kao, Antonio Negri, John Barry, Jerzy Grotowski, and Jayne Mansfield. After him are Stanley Milgram, Sylva Koscina, Richard Rogers, C. Odumegwu Ojukwu, Jerzy Kosiński, and Abolhassan Banisadr. Among people deceased in 1977, Ali Shariati ranks 31. Before him are Joan Crawford, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, Clarice Lispector, Bing Crosby, Andreas Baader, and James Jones. After him are Henri-Georges Clouzot, Alexander Luria, Peter Finch, Modibo Keïta, Steve Biko, and Sergey Ilyushin.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ali Shariati ranks 111 out of 631. Before him are Atossa (-550), Vologases I of Parthia (1), Orodes II (-70), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), Yazdegerd II (500), and Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125). After him are Qasem Soleimani (1957), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), Ebrahim Raisi (1960), and Bardiya (-580).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Ali Shariati ranks 14. Before him are Shams Tabrizi (1185), Doris Lessing (1919), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Attar of Nishapur (1145), Magtymguly Pyragy (1733), and Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani (1125). After him are Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Sadegh Hedayat (1903), Forough Farrokhzad (1935), and Baba Tahir (947).

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