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Khalifah ibn Khayyat

777 - 854

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Khalīfa bin Khayyāṭ bin Khalifa bin Khayyāṭ al-ʿUṣfūrī al-Shaybānī al-Dhuhlī al-Tamīmī al-Laythī Abū ʿAmr Shabāb (Arabic: خليفة بن خياط بن خليفة بن خياط العصفوري الشيباني الذهلي التميمي الليثي أبو عمرو شباب; 777–855) comonly known by his nickname Shabab or simply Khalifa Ibn Khayyat was a Basran Arab Islamic scholar, traditionist, historian, chronicler and genealogist. A member of a scholarly Basran family of hadith transmitters, he became known primarily for his contributions to history and biographical literature. His Taʾrīkh is the earliest extant Islamic chronicle, covering events from the Prophet’s life to 232/847, while his Ṭabaqāt is one of the earliest surviving Islamic biographical dictionaries, cataloguing more than three thousand transmitters of hadith. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Khalifah ibn Khayyat is the 369th most popular historian (down from 316th in 2019), the 303rd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 293rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iraqi Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Khalifah ibn Khayyat ranks 369 out of 561Before him are Donald Kagan, Léon Poliakov, Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti, Franz Babinger, Mykhailo Maksymovych, and Taner Akçam. After him are Benny Morris, Hugh Trevor-Roper, John Keegan, Jacob Talmon, Leo Allatius, and Heinrich Zimmer.

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Among people born in 777, Khalifah ibn Khayyat ranks 3Before him are Pepin of Italy, and Masawaiyh.  Among people deceased in 854, Khalifah ibn Khayyat ranks 2Before him is Horik I.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Khalifah ibn Khayyat ranks 303 out of 384Before him are Raghad Hussein (1968), Abu Ali al-Anbari (1957), Puzur-Ashur III (-1600), Ashur-nirari III (-1300), Yitzhak Kaduri (1898), and Yitzhak Mordechai (1944). After him are Mohammed Hamza Zubeidi (1938), Ashur-nadin-apli (-1300), Asharid-apal-Ekur (-1200), Abdul Aziz al-Hakim (1952), Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi (1948), and Abdullah Goran (1904).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iraq

Among historians born in Iraq, Khalifah ibn Khayyat ranks 6Before him are Al-Baladhuri (806), Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002), Ibn Wahshiyya (900), Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (1145), and Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (737). After him are Avi Shlaim (1945).