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Ibn Khallikan

1211 - 1282

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Aḥmad bin Muḥammad bin Ibrāhīm bin Abū Bakr ibn Khallikān (Arabic: أحمد بن محمد بن إبراهيم بن أبي بكر ابن خلكان; 22 September 1211 – 30 October 1282), better known as Ibn Khallikān, was a renowned Islamic historian who compiled the celebrated biographical encyclopedia of Muslim scholars and important men in Muslim history, Deaths of Eminent Men and the Sons of the Epoch (Arabic: وفيات الأعيان وأنباء أبناء الزمان, romanized: wafayāt al-ʾaʿyān wa-ʾanbāʾ ʾabnāʾ al-zamān). Due to this achievement, he is regarded as the most eminent writer of biographies in Islamic history. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn Khallikan is the 1,171st most popular writer (up from 1,202nd in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Iraq and the 10th most popular Iraqi Writer.

Ibn Khallikan was a medieval Muslim historian and biographer. He is most famous for his biographical dictionary, the Wafayāt al-aʿyān wa-anbāʾ abnāʾ az-zamān (Memoirs of the Notables and History of the Time), which is considered one of the most important works of Arabic literature.

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Among writers, Ibn Khallikan ranks 1,171 out of 7,302. Before him are Danielle Steel, Comtessa de Dia, Velimir Khlebnikov, Nordahl Grieg, Tukaram, and Juliusz Słowacki. After him are Jean de Joinville, Sadriddin Ayni, Bhāsa, Cosmas of Prague, Sophia Tolstaya, and Khaled Hosseini.

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Among people born in 1211, Ibn Khallikan ranks 4. Before him are Henry of Germany, Agnes of Bohemia, and Frederick II, Duke of Austria. After him are Iltutmish, Margaret of Bourbon, Queen of Navarre, and Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark. Among people deceased in 1282, Ibn Khallikan ranks 7. Before him are Michael VIII Palaiologos, Abaqa Khan, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd, Nichiren, Agnes of Bohemia, and Mengu-Timur. After him are Traidenis, George Akropolites, Margaret Sambiria, and Mechthild of Magdeburg.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ibn Khallikan ranks 117 out of 384. Before him are Ibn al-Jawzi (1116), Al-Muktafi (875), Lugal-zage-si (-2360), Sumu-abum (-2000), Ar-Radi (909), and Enmerkar (-2500). After him are Tukulti-Ninurta I (-1300), Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (648), Al-Mustansir (1192), Etana (-2850), Al-Qa'im (1001), and Labashi-Marduk (-550).

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Among writers born in Iraq, Ibn Khallikan ranks 10. Before him are Enheduanna (-2300), Ahmad ibn Fadlan (900), Berossus (-400), Al-Mutanabbi (915), Ibn Sirin (653), and Ibn al-Jawzi (1116). After him are Karim Findi (1946), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Aphrahat (280), and Al-Sharif al-Radi (970).

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