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Ibn Muqla

886 - 940

Ibn Muqla

Ibn Muqla (Arabic: ابن مقلة) was a polymath, calligrapher, vizier, and poet prominent in Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age. Born in 9th century Baghdad, Ibn Muqla systematized Arabic calligraphy through geometric and mathematical principles, revolutionizing the art form and beginning the classical Islamic calligraphic tradition. Rising to high state posts as a young man, his career culminated in his assumption of the senior ministerial title of the Abbasid Caliphate, the vizierate, thrice: in 928–930, 932–933 and 934–936. Unable to successfully challenge the growing power of regional emirs, he lost his position to the first amir al-umara, Ibn Ra'iq, and died in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Ibn Muqla is the 6,650th most popular politician (up from 7,757th in 2024), the 175th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 203rd in 2019) and the 115th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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Among politicians, Ibn Muqla ranks 6,650 out of 19,576. Before him are Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Tokugawa Ieharu, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Lollia Paulina, Agostino Barbarigo, and Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre. After him are Mustafa Tlass, Alexandros Mavrokordatos, Emperor Shunzong of Tang, John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen, Abdullah Mirza, and Elijah Muhammad.

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Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
1896 - 1967
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 6,646
Tokugawa Ieharu
1737 - 1786
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 6,647
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
1911 - 1979
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 6,648
Lollia Paulina
15 - 49
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 6,649
Agostino Barbarigo
1420 - 1501
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 6,650
Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre
1725 - 1793
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 6,651
Ibn Muqla
886 - 940
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 6,652
Mustafa Tlass
1932 - 2017
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 6,653
Alexandros Mavrokordatos
1791 - 1865
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 6,654
Emperor Shunzong of Tang
761 - 806
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 6,655
John VII, Count of Nassau-Siegen
1561 - 1623
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 6,656
Abdullah Mirza
1433 - 1451
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 6,657
Elijah Muhammad
1897 - 1975
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 6,658

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Among people born in 886, Ibn Muqla ranks 1. Among people deceased in 940, Ibn Muqla ranks 2. Before him is Ar-Radi. After him are Taira no Masakado, Eutychius of Alexandria, and Eberhard, Duke of Bavaria.