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Jacob of Serugh

451 - 521

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Jacob of Serugh (Syriac: ܝܥܩܘܒ ܣܪܘܓܝܐ, romanized: Yaʿquḇ Sruḡāyâ, Classical Syriac pronunciation: [ˌjaˤˈquβ sᵊˌruɣˈɒˌjɒ]; Latin: Iacobus Sarugiensis; c. 452–521), also called Jacob of Sarug or Mar Jacob (Syriac: ܡܪ ܝܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Mār Yaʿquḇ), was one of the foremost poets and theologians of the Syriac Christian tradition, second only to Ephrem the Syrian and equal to Narsai. He lived most of his life as an ecclesiastical official in Suruç, in modern-day Turkey. He became a bishop (of Batnan) near the end of his life in 519. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob of Serugh is the 3,615th most popular writer (up from 3,776th in 2019), the 279th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 292nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Iraqi Writer.

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Among writers, Jacob of Serugh ranks 3,615 out of 7,302. Before him are Ferdinand Brunetière, Alberto Hurtado, Hwang Sok-yong, Annie M. G. Schmidt, Vera Komissarzhevskaya, and Mirko Kovač. After him are Nathan Birnbaum, Ramón Chao, Rubem Fonseca, L. J. Smith, Edvard Radzinsky, and Gary Snyder.

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Among people born in 451, Jacob of Serugh ranks 2. Before him is Brigid of Kildare.  Among people deceased in 521, Jacob of Serugh ranks 2. Before him is Magnus Felix Ennodius.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Jacob of Serugh ranks 279 out of 384. Before him are Muhammad al-Sadr (1943), Entemena (-2430), Ahmad ibn Yusuf (835), Ashur-resh-ishi II (-1100), Ibn Abi'l-Hadid (1190), and Kurigalzu II (-1400). After him are Abu Isa al-Warraq (null), Enlil-kudurri-usur (-1300), Kidinnu (-400), Shamshi-Adad IV (-1100), Ibn Butlan (1001), and Tahir Yahya (1913).

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Among WRITERS In Iraq

Among writers born in Iraq, Jacob of Serugh ranks 23. Before him are Al-Farazdaq (641), Ishaq ibn Hunayn (830), Al-Asmaʿi (740), Abu-l-'Atahiya (748), Abu Firas al-Hamdani (932), and Nazik Al-Malaika (1923). After him are Abu Isa al-Warraq (null), Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī (923), Abbas Ibn al-Ahnaf (750), Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz (861), Abdullah Goran (1904), and Ahmet Haşim (1887).

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