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Ibn Hawqal

943 - 988

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Muḥammad Abū’l-Qāsim Ibn Ḥawqal (محمد أبو القاسم بن حوقل), also known as Abū al-Qāsim b. ʻAlī Ibn Ḥawqal al-Naṣībī, born in Nisibis, Upper Mesopotamia; was a 10th-century Arab Muslim writer, geographer, and chronicler who travelled from AD 943 to 969. His famous work, written in 977, is called Surat Al-Ard (صورة الارض; "The face of the Earth"). The date of his death, known from his writings, was after AH 368/AD 978. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Hawqal is the 757th most popular writer (up from 824th in 2019), the 323rd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 336th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Turkish Writer.

Ibn Hawqal is most famous for his book "The Book of the Countries" which is a geographical text that describes the Islamic world.

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Among writers, Ibn Hawqal ranks 757 out of 7,302. Before him are Christa Wolf, Berossus, Edmond de Goncourt, Natalia Ginzburg, Hugo Ball, and Cao Xueqin. After him are Theognis of Megara, Dio Chrysostom, Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur, Arto Paasilinna, Maurus Servius Honoratus, and Harry Mulisch.

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Among people born in 943, Ibn Hawqal ranks 2. Before him is Edgar the Peaceful. After him is Matilda of France. Among people deceased in 988, Ibn Hawqal ranks 1. After him are Dunstan, Dirk II, Count of Holland, and Emma of Italy.

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Among people born in Türkiye, Ibn Hawqal ranks 323 out of 1,347. Before him are Beyhan Sultan (1497), Pithana (-1800), Ayşe Sultan (1541), Attalus II Philadelphus (-220), Eudokia Makrembolitissa (1021), and Bülent Ecevit (1925). After him are Dio Chrysostom (40), Gennadius Scholarius (1400), Theophilus of Antioch (140), Andronikos V Palaiologos (1400), Calouste Gulbenkian (1869), and Michael IV the Paphlagonian (1010).

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Among WRITERS In Türkiye

Among writers born in Türkiye, Ibn Hawqal ranks 18. Before him are Yunus Emre (1240), André Chénier (1762), Aratus (-315), Gregory of Narek (951), Kassia (810), and Theodore the Studite (759). After him are Dio Chrysostom (40), Bar Hebraeus (1226), Theodoret (393), Zenodotus (-330), Artemidorus (200), and Aristophanes of Byzantium (-257).

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