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Ibn Hayyan

987 - 1076

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Abū Marwān Ḥayyān ibn Khalaf ibn Ḥusayn ibn Ḥayyān al-Andalusī al-Qurṭubī (Arabic: ابن حيَّان القرطبي) (987–1075), usually known as Ibn Hayyan, was an Arab Muslim historian from Al-Andalus. His work provides an early reference to Viking raiders, called Majus by him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Hayyan is the 241st most popular historian (up from 255th in 2019), the 977th most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,042nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Spanish Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Ibn Hayyan ranks 241 out of 561. Before him are Philochorus, Abu Mikhnaf, Tony Judt, Edward Luttwak, Francisco López de Gómara, and Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi. After him are Alexander Vasiliev, Bernard Desclot, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, Muhammad Aufi, and Rudolph Rummel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 987, Ibn Hayyan ranks 2. Before him is Bezprym.  Among people deceased in 1076, Ibn Hayyan ranks 8. Before him are Robert I, Duke of Burgundy, Godfrey IV, Duke of Lower Lorraine, Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, Sancho IV of Pamplona, Beatrice of Lorraine, and Gagik II of Armenia. After him is Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy.

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    Bezprym

    POLITICIAN

    987 - 1032

    HPI: 62.85

    Rank: 1

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    Ibn Hayyan

    HISTORIAN

    987 - 1076

    HPI: 60.53

    Rank: 2

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Ibn Hayyan ranks 977 out of 3,355. Before him are Juan Yagüe (1891), Joan Alcover (1854), Francisco López de Gómara (1511), Ramón Serrano Suñer (1901), Pedro González de Mendoza (1428), and Juan Bautista Aznar-Cabañas (1860). After him are José Martínez Ruiz (1873), Gómez Pereira (1500), Ricardo María Carles Gordó (1926), Juan Fernández (1536), Abbad II al-Mu'tadid (1012), and Lola Anglada (1892).

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Among HISTORIANS In Spain

Among historians born in Spain, Ibn Hayyan ranks 4. Before him are Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés (1478), Ibn Sa'id al-Maghribi (1213), and Francisco López de Gómara (1511). After him are Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot (1952), Jerónimo Zurita y Castro (1512), and Juan de Mariana (1536).

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