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Buhturi

819 - 897

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Al-Walīd ibn Ubaidillah Al-Buḥturī (Arabic: أبو الوليد بن عبيدالله البحتري التنوخي, romanized: al-Walīd ibn `Ubayd Allāh al-Buhturī) (821–97 AD; 206–84 AH) was an Arab poet born at Manbij in Islamic Syria, between Aleppo and the Euphrates. Like Abū Tammām (ابو تمام), he was of the tribe of Tayy, from the Buhturids. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Buhturi is the 3,630th most popular writer (up from 3,715th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Syria (down from 141st in 2019) and the 17th most popular Syrian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Buhturi ranks 3,630 out of 7,302. Before him are Abu Isa al-Warraq, Paul Goma, Bertus Aafjes, Brigitte Hamann, Erich Weinert, and Hans Erich Nossack. After him are Otfrid of Weissenburg, Gaito Gazdanov, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Olga Bergholz, Marcin Kromer, and William Goldman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 819, Buhturi ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 897, Buhturi ranks 7. Before him are Pope Theodore II, Pope Stephen VI, Pope Romanus, Wilfred the Hairy, Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia, and Jinseong of Silla.

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    Buhturi

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    819 - 897

    HPI: 58.86

    Rank: 1

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Buhturi ranks 150 out of 210. Before him are Muhammad Zaidan (1948), Ghada al-Samman (1942), Jean Carzou (1907), Hilarion Capucci (1922), Akram al-Hawrani (1912), and Jamil Mardam Bey (1893). After him are Adel Safar (1953), Malchus (450), Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Jacob of Edessa (633), Wael Nader al-Halqi (1964), and Philipp Stamma (1705).

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Among WRITERS In Syria

Among writers born in Syria, Buhturi ranks 17. Before him are Jurji Zaydan (1861), Ahmad ibn Arabshah (1389), Alciphron (200), John Moschus (550), Maryana Marrash (1848), and Ghada al-Samman (1942). After him are Abd al-Rahman al-Kawakibi (1855), Jacob of Edessa (633), Elia Abu Madi (1890), Rafik Schami (1946), Francis Marrash (1837), and Ameen Rihani (1876).

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