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Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani

1125 - 1201

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Muhammad ibn Hamid (Persian: محمد ابن حامد, romanized: Muḥammad ibn Ḥāmid; 1125 – 20 June 1201), commonly known as Imad al-Din al-Isfahani (Persian: عماد الدین اصفهانی), was a historian, scholar, and rhetorician. He left a valuable anthology of Arabic poetry to accompany his many historical works and worked as a man of letters during the Zengid and Ayyubid period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani is the 847th most popular writer (up from 1,920th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Iran (up from 216th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Iranian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani ranks 847 out of 7,302. Before him are Luis Sepúlveda, Daniel Goleman, Ibycus, Franz Grillparzer, Jin Yong, and Karl Harrer. After him are Bernart de Ventadorn, Ali Shariati, Eugène Scribe, Michael Crichton, Menippus, and Jonas Lie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1125, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani ranks 4. Before him are Jayavarman VII, Eystein II of Norway, and Sweyn III of Denmark. After him are Herrad of Landsberg, Lu You, Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal, Michael Glykas, Otto II, Margrave of Meissen, Jaufre Rudel, Petronilla of Aquitaine, and Berthold IV, Duke of Zähringen. Among people deceased in 1201, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani ranks 2. Before him is Léonin. After him are Absalon, Agnes of Merania, Theobald III, Count of Champagne, Bohemond III of Antioch, Igor Svyatoslavich, Walter of Châtillon, Constance, Duchess of Brittany, Bolesław I the Tall, Elena Asenina of Bulgaria, and Gerald of Wales.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani ranks 110 out of 631. Before him are Qazi Muhammad (1893), Atossa (-550), Vologases I of Parthia (1), Orodes II (-70), Demetrius II Nicator (-161), and Yazdegerd II (500). After him are Ali Shariati (1933), Qasem Soleimani (1957), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Abolhassan Banisadr (1933), Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), and Ebrahim Raisi (1960).

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Among WRITERS In Iran

Among writers born in Iran, Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani ranks 13. Before him are Jami (1414), Shams Tabrizi (1185), Doris Lessing (1919), Saadi Shirazi (1210), Attar of Nishapur (1145), and Magtymguly Pyragy (1733). After him are Ali Shariati (1933), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Zahra Khanom Tadj es-Saltaneh (1883), Sharafkhan Bidlisi (1543), Sadegh Hedayat (1903), and Forough Farrokhzad (1935).

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