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Molla Panah Vagif

1717 - 1797

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Molla Panah (Azerbaijani: Molla Pənah), better known by his pen-name Vagif (Arabic: واقِف‎, lit. 'The Learned One'), was an 18th-century Azerbaijani poet, statesman and diplomat. He is regarded as the founder of the realism genre and the modern school in Azerbaijani poetry. He served as the vizier—the minister of foreign affairs—of the Karabakh Khanate during the reign of Ibrahim Khalil Khan. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Molla Panah Vagif is the 3,953rd most popular writer (down from 3,532nd in 2019), the 80th most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 77th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Azerbaijani Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Molla Panah Vagif ranks 3,953 out of 7,302. Before him are Gabriel Chevallier, Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Daniela Hodrová, Abū Hayyān al-Tawhīdī, Gʻafur Gʻulom, and Labīd. After him are Jorge Isaacs, Ivo Vojnović, Alejandro Casona, Wilferd Madelung, Ma Duanlin, and Zofia Nałkowska.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1717, Molla Panah Vagif ranks 20. Before him are Ebrahim Afshar, Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, João de Loureiro, and Alexander Sumarokov. After him are Ventura Rodríguez, and Elizabeth Carter. Among people deceased in 1797, Molla Panah Vagif ranks 24. Before him are Asaf-ud-Daula, Olaudah Equiano, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Ivan Shuvalov, Francesco Sabatini, and John Wilkes. After him are Michel-Jean Sedaine, Pietro Verri, Carter Braxton, and Oliver Wolcott.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Molla Panah Vagif ranks 80 out of 232. Before him are Eduard Markarov (1942), Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794), Mirza Davud Huseynov (1894), Nasib Yusifbeyli (1881), Huseyn Javid (1882), and Mirza Khazar (1947). After him are Anar Rzayev (1938), Aliagha Shikhlinski (1863), Artem Alikhanian (1908), Ayna Sultanova (1895), Sakina Akhundzadeh (1865), and Galina Bystrova (1934).

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Among WRITERS In Azerbaijan

Among writers born in Azerbaijan, Molla Panah Vagif ranks 17. Before him are Ahmad Javad (1892), Armen Ohanian (1887), Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh (1925), Abbasgulu Bakikhanov (1794), Huseyn Javid (1882), and Mirza Khazar (1947). After him are Anar Rzayev (1938), Sakina Akhundzadeh (1865), Natallia Arsiennieva (1903), Mirza Alakbar Sabir (1862), Jafar Jabbarly (1899), and Molla Vali Vidadi (1709).

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