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Asadi Tusi

999 - 1072

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Abu Nasr Ali ibn Ahmad Asadi Tusi (Persian: ابونصر علی بن احمد اسدی طوسی; c. 1000 – 1073) was a Persian poet, linguist and author. He was born at the beginning of the 11th century in Tus, Iran, in the province of Khorasan, and died in the late 1080s in Tabriz. Asadi Tusi is considered an important Persian poet of the Iranian national epics. His best-known work is Garshaspnameh, written in the style of the Shahnameh. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Asadi Tusi is the 2,372nd most popular writer (up from 2,638th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Iran (up from 259th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Iranian Writer.

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Among writers, Asadi Tusi ranks 2,372 out of 7,302. Before him are Guido Guinizelli, Fritz Gerlich, Peter Wessel Zapffe, Ana Blandiana, Henri Meilhac, and Sister Nivedita. After him are Silva Kaputikyan, Annie Proulx, Alexandre Exquemelin, Michel de Ghelderode, Xenophon of Ephesus, and Heinrich Glarean.

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Among people born in 999, Asadi Tusi ranks 2. Before him is Bao Zheng.  Among people deceased in 1072, Asadi Tusi ranks 11. Before him are Ouyang Xiu, Antipope Honorius II, Ali Hujwiri, Bagrat IV of Georgia, Al-Qushayri, and Adalbert of Hamburg. After him are Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, Hereward the Wake, Hawise, Duchess of Brittany, and Stigand.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Asadi Tusi ranks 235 out of 631. Before him are Shahrokh Shah (1734), Amir Kabir (1807), Ibn al-Faqih (null), Amir-Abbas Hoveyda (1919), Masawaiyh (777), and Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906). After him are Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei (1899), Shapur IV (null), Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai (1892), Phraates I (-190), Shams Pahlavi (1917), and Al-Sarakhsi (1009).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Asadi Tusi ranks 24. Before him are Sadegh Hedayat (1903), Forough Farrokhzad (1935), Baba Tahir (947), Azar Nafisi (1955), Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281), and Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar (1906). After him are Daqiqi (1000), Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (967), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Táhirih (1817), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), and Kader Abdolah (1954).

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