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Avi Shlaim

1945 - Today

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Avi Shlaim (Hebrew: אבי שליים, Arabic: أفي شلايم; born 31 October 1945) is an Israeli and British historian of Iraqi Jewish descent. He is one of Israel's "New Historians", a group of Israeli scholars who put forward critical interpretations of the history of Zionism and Israel. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Avi Shlaim is the 446th most popular historian (down from 420th in 2019), the 325th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 320th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Iraqi Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Avi Shlaim ranks 446 out of 561. Before him are Arthur Smith Woodward, Carl Benjamin Boyer, Ekvtime Takaishvili, Mikheil Tsereteli, Nikolaus Pevsner, and Donald Nicol. After him are Drew Gilpin Faust, Martin Gilbert, John King Fairbank, Martin Noth, Américo Castro, and Girolamo Mei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Avi Shlaim ranks 464. Before him are Walt Frazier, Michael Bishop, Lloyd Kaufman, Patrick Malahide, Gadzhi Gadzhiyev, and Nina Ruslanova. After him are Peter Pace, José Luis Romero, Sylvia Vrethammar, Manuel Duarte, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, and Mats Wahl.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Avi Shlaim ranks 325 out of 384. Before him are Akurgal (-2600), Jalal Dabagh (1939), Mullah Krekar (1956), Ashur-rim-nisheshu (-1490), Mesannepada (-2490), and Paulos Faraj Rahho (1942). After him are Jaafar Al-Askari (1885), Puzur-Ashur I (-2050), Hoshyar Zebari (1953), Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur (-1200), Eriba-Adad II (-1100), and Ahmet Haşim (1887).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iraq

Among historians born in Iraq, Avi Shlaim ranks 7. Before him are Al-Baladhuri (806), Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002), Ibn Wahshiyya (900), Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (1145), Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), and Khalifah ibn Khayyat (777).

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