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Bashar ibn Burd

714 - 783

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Abū Muʿādh Bashshār ibn Burd (Arabic: أبو معاذ بشّار بن برد; 714–783), nicknamed al-Muraʿʿath (Arabic: المرعّث, 'the wattled'), was a Persian poet of the late Umayyad and early Abbasid periods who wrote in Arabic. Bashshar was of Persian ethnicity; his grandfather was taken as a captive to Iraq, but his father was a freedman (mawla) of the Uqayl tribe. Some Arab scholars considered Bashshar the first "modern" poet, and one of the pioneers of badi' in Arabic literature. It is believed that the poet exerted a great influence on the subsequent generation of poets. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bashar ibn Burd is the 1,983rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,309th in 2019), the 243rd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 197th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Bashar ibn Burd ranks 1,983 out of 3,187. Before him are Georges Cottier, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Senhime, Maximus I of Constantinople, Maxim of Bulgaria, and Joseph Clemens of Bavaria. After him are Juliana Falconieri, Saint Domnius, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Aloísio Lorscheider, Turibius of Mogrovejo, and Mang of Xia.

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Among people born in 714, Bashar ibn Burd ranks 3. Before him are Childeric III, and Al-Mansur.  Among people deceased in 783, Bashar ibn Burd ranks 6. Before him are Hildegard of the Vinzgau, Bertrada of Laon, Al-Muqanna, Silo of Asturias, and Han Gan.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Bashar ibn Burd ranks 243 out of 384. Before him are Naziha al-Dulaimi (1923), Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (1913), Ashur-dan I (-1300), Al-Samawal al-Maghribi (1130), Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq (800), and Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (980). After him are Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (1970), Erishum I (-2000), Hormuzd Rassam (1826), Ninurta-apal-Ekur (-1300), Mutakkil-Nusku (-1200), and Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man (500).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Bashar ibn Burd ranks 30. Before him are Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), An Shigao (101), Emmanuel III Delly (1927), Lipit-Ishtar (-1890), Nahor, son of Terah (null), and Al-Baqillani (950). After him are Yahya ibn Ma'in (775), Muhammad al-Sadr (1943), Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), Yitzhak Kaduri (1898), Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna (728), and Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1980).

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