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Ishaq ibn Hunayn

830 - 910

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Abū Yaʿqūb Isḥāq ibn Ḥunayn (Arabic: إسحاق بن حنين) (c. 830 Baghdad, – c. 910-1) was an influential Arab physician and translator, known for writing the first biography of physicians in the Arabic language. He is also known for his translations of Euclid's Elements and Ptolemy's Almagest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ishaq ibn Hunayn is the 3,025th most popular writer (up from 3,586th in 2019), the 254th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 286th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among writers, Ishaq ibn Hunayn ranks 3,025 out of 7,302Before him are Viktor Dyk, Antal Szerb, Jean Lorrain, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Censorinus, and Nobuko Yoshiya. After him are Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Siegfried Sassoon, Gunilla Bergström, Marcin Bielski, Raffi, and Takuboku Ishikawa.

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Among people born in 830, Ishaq ibn Hunayn ranks 13Before him are Kocel, Emperor Kōkō, Ermentrude of Orléans, Guthrum, Rimbert, and Mutimir of Serbia. After him is Erchanger, Duke of Swabia. Among people deceased in 910, Ishaq ibn Hunayn ranks 7Before him are Ingólfr Arnarson, Junayd of Baghdad, Saint Naum, Alfonso III of Asturias, Yasovarman I, and Richilde of Provence. After him is Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ishaq ibn Hunayn ranks 254 out of 384Before him are Mutakkil-Nusku (-1200), Al-Mundhir III ibn al-Nu'man (500), Muqtada al-Sadr (1974), Ikunum (-1900), Mashallah ibn Athari (740), and Awad Hamed al-Bandar (1945). After him are Al-Asmaʿi (740), Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737), Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Enlil-nirari (-1400), Ashur-resh-ishi I (-1200), and Eriba-Adad I (-1400).

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Among writers born in Iraq, Ishaq ibn Hunayn ranks 18Before him are Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi (718), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Aphrahat (280), Al-Sharif al-Radi (970), and Al-Farazdaq (641). After him are Al-Asmaʿi (740), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), Nazik Al-Malaika (1923), Jacob of Serugh (451), and Abu Isa al-Warraq (null).