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Ibn al-Bawwab

961 - 1022

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Ibn al-Bawwāb (Arabic: إِبْن ٱلْبَوَّاب), also known as Ali ibn-Hilal, Abu'l-Hasan, and Ibn al-Sitri, was an Arabic calligrapher and illuminator who lived in Baghdad. He is the figure most associated with the adoption of round script to transcribe the Qur'an. He most likely died around 1022 CE in Baghdad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibn al-Bawwab is the 983rd most popular painter (down from 946th in 2019), the 227th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 228th in 2019) and the most popular Iraqi Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 983 out of 2,023. Before him are Cornelis Engebrechtsz., Henriëtte Ronner-Knip, Amadeo de Souza Cardoso, Dmitry Levitzky, Winslow Homer, and Christen Købke. After him are Luis Ricardo Falero, Jörg Immendorff, Jan van Huysum, Jean-Baptiste Debret, James Rosenquist, and Rihard Jakopič.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 961, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 5. Before him are Pietro II Orseolo, Ramiro III of León, Odilo of Cluny, and Arnulf II, Count of Flanders. After him is Sigmundur Brestisson. Among people deceased in 1022, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 5. Before him are Olof Skötkonung, Emperor Zhenzong, Symeon the New Theologian, and Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid. After him is Bernward of Hildesheim.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 227 out of 384. Before him are Emmanuel III Delly (1927), Al-Farazdaq (641), Burna-Buriash II (-1400), Nechirvan Barzani (1966), Lipit-Ishtar (-1890), and Nahor, son of Terah (null). After him are Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1976), Mahmud Shevket Pasha (1856), Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (1936), Shu-Sin (null), Arik-den-ili (-1400), and Gungunum (-1920).

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Among PAINTERS In Iraq

Among painters born in Iraq, Ibn al-Bawwab ranks 1. After him are Ahmed Al Safi (1971).

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