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Hisham ibn al-Kalbi

737 - 819

Hisham ibn al-Kalbi

Hishām ibn al-Kalbī (Arabic: هشام بن الكلبي), 737 – 819 CE / 204 AH, also known as Ibn al-Kalbi (ابن الكلبي), was an Arab historian. His full name was Abu al-Mundhir Hisham ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sa'ib ibn Bishr al-Kalbi. Born in Kufa, he spent much of his life in Baghdad. Like his father, he collected information about the genealogies and history of the ancient Arabs. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hisham ibn al-Kalbi is the 255th most popular historian (down from 154th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 208th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iraqi Historian.

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Among historians, Hisham ibn al-Kalbi ranks 255 out of 561. Before him are Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, Sigfried Giedion, Guglielmo Ferrero, Charles Rollin, Iryna Melnykova, and Richard G. Hovannisian. After him are Heinrich Graetz, Régine Pernoud, Zeev Sternhell, Alexander Svanidze, William H. Prescott, and Lucius Coelius Antipater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 737, Hisham ibn al-Kalbi ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Kanmu. Among people deceased in 819, Hisham ibn al-Kalbi ranks 2. Before him is Liu Zongyuan. After him is Cadolah of Friuli.