PHILOSOPHER

Ibrahim al-Nazzam

760 - 835

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Abū Isḥāq Ibrāhīm ibn Sayyār ibn Hāni‘ an-Naẓẓām (Arabic: أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن سيار بن هانئ النظام) (c. 775 – c. 845) was an Arab Mu'tazilite theologian and poet. He was a nephew of the Mu'tazilite theologian Abu al-Hudhayl al-'Allaf, and al-Jahiz was one of his students. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ibrahim al-Nazzam is the 947th most popular philosopher (down from 943rd in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 85th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Afghan Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Ibrahim al-Nazzam ranks 947 out of 1,267Before him are Debendranath Tagore, Isidore of Alexandria, Theodor Gomperz, Camillo Berneri, Élisabeth Badinter, and Ogyū Sorai. After him are Lanza del Vasto, Leo Baeck, Sarada Devi, Dirck Coornhert, Stanley Cavell, and Bernard Stiegler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 760, Ibrahim al-Nazzam ranks 3Before him are Nikephoros I, and Sibawayh. After him is Æthelred I of Northumbria. Among people deceased in 835, Ibrahim al-Nazzam ranks 5Before him are Kūkai, Muhammad al-Jawad, Jayavarman II, and Berengar the Wise.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Ibrahim al-Nazzam ranks 99 out of 177Before him are Humaira Begum (1918), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Ashraf Hotak (1700), Mawdud of Ghazni (1012), Mahmud Tarzi (1865), and Mohammad Yaqub Khan (1849). After him are Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad (1139), Rabia Balkhi (1000), Suhail Shaheen (null), Mohammed Fahim (1957), Afghan Girl (1972), and Qabus (1000).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Afghanistan

Among philosophers born in Afghanistan, Ibrahim al-Nazzam ranks 3Before him are Al-Farabi (872), and Ibn al-Rawandi (827).