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Ibn Hibban

883 - 965

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Muḥammad ibn Hibbān al-Bustī (Arabic: محمد ابن حبان البستی) (c. 270–354/884–965) was a Muslim Arab scholar, polymath and a prominent Shafi'i traditionist, ḥadith critic, evaluator of rijal, compiler and interpreter of hadith. He was a prolific writer and well-versed in numerous Islamic fields such as fiqh (reaching the level of Ijtihad) as well as in the sciences of astronomy, medicine, history and other disciplines. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Hibban is the 137th most popular historian (down from 119th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Afghan Historian.

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Among historians, Ibn Hibban ranks 137 out of 561. Before him are Golo Mann, John Kinnamos, Philostorgius, Pierre de Bourdeille, seigneur de Brantôme, Barbara W. Tuchman, and Timothy D. Snyder. After him are Heinrich von Treitschke, William H. McNeill, Vladimir Minorsky, Hieronymus Wolf, Michael Attaleiates, and Henry Thomas Buckle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 883, Ibn Hibban ranks 1. After him is Burchard II, Duke of Swabia. Among people deceased in 965, Ibn Hibban ranks 7. Before him are Pope Benedict V, Pope Leo VIII, Al-Mutanabbi, Bruno the Great, Hedwig of Saxony, and Arnulf I, Count of Flanders. After him are Gero, Otto, Duke of Burgundy, and Joseph Bringas.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ibn Hibban ranks 64 out of 177. Before him are Sher Ali Khan (1825), Menander I (-190), Bairam Khan (1501), Khwaja Abdullah Ansari (1006), Saman Khuda (701), and Abu Zayd al-Balkhi (850). After him are Abul-Qasim Babur Mirza (1422), Zaman Shah Durrani (1770), Inayatullah Khan (1888), Ayub Khan (1857), Abdul Ghani Baradar (1968), and Sanai (1080).

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Among HISTORIANS In Afghanistan

Among historians born in Afghanistan, Ibn Hibban ranks 3. Before him are Minhaj-i-Siraj (1193), and Abd-al-Razzāq Samarqandī (1413). After him are Khvandamir (1475).

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