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Aphrahat

280 - 346

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Aphrahat (c. 280–c. 345; Syriac: ܐܦܪܗܛ, Ap̄rahaṭ, Persian: فرهاد, Arabic: أفراهاط الحكيم, Ancient Greek: Ἀφραάτης, and Latin Aphraates), venerated as Saint Aphrahat the Persian, was a third-century Syriac Christian author of Iranian descent from the Sasanian Empire, who composed a series of twenty-three expositions or homilies on points of Christian doctrine and practice. All his known works, the Demonstrations, come from later on in his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aphrahat is the 2,072nd most popular writer (up from 2,229th in 2019), the 201st most popular biography from Iraq (up from 215th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Aphrahat ranks 2,072 out of 7,302. Before him are Gian Giorgio Trissino, Aloysius Bertrand, Carl Sandburg, Sabahattin Ali, Salvadore Cammarano, and Christopher Isherwood. After him are Gustav Schwab, Anastasius Sinaita, Alexander Belyaev, Oscar Milosz, Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, and Isaac the Blind.

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Among people born in 280, Aphrahat ranks 4. Before him are Saint George, Eusebius of Nicomedia, and Saint Susanna. After him are Valeria Maximilla, and Ghatotkacha. Among people deceased in 346, Aphrahat ranks 1. 

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    280 - 346

    HPI: 62.99

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Aphrahat ranks 201 out of 384. Before him are Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), Dudu of Akkad (-2300), Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid (948), Dawud al-Zahiri (815), Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (882), and Alulim (null). After him are Nadira (1932), Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (1959), Shalmaneser IV (-900), Uday Hussein (1964), and Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (1940).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Aphrahat ranks 15. Before him are Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Karim Findi (1946), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), and Al-Hariri of Basra (1054). After him are Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), Al-Farazdaq (641), Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), Al-Asmaʿi (740), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), and Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932).

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