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Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi

1500 - 1454

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Sharaf ad-Din Ali Yazdi or Sharif al-Din Ali’ Yazdi (Persian: شرف الدین علی یزدی; died 1454, Yazd), also known by his pen name Sharaf, was a 15th-century Persian scholar who authored several works in the arts and sciences, including mathematics, astronomy, enigma, literature such as poetry, and history. The Zafarnama, a life of Timur, is his most famous work. Sharif al-Din was born in the city of Yazd, Iran in the 1370s. He devoted much of his life to scholarship, furthering his education in Syria and Egypt until Timur's death in 1405. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi is the 240th most popular historian (down from 165th in 2019), the 273rd most popular biography from Iran (down from 226th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi ranks 240 out of 561. Before him are Reinhart Dozy, Philochorus, Abu Mikhnaf, Tony Judt, Edward Luttwak, and Francisco López de Gómara. After him are Ibn Hayyan, Alexander Vasiliev, Bernard Desclot, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, and Muhammad Aufi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1500, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi ranks 37. Before him are Jacob Hutter, Muhammad XIII of Granada, Tielman Susato, Francisco Serrão, Jan Mandijn, and Jan Sanders van Hemessen. After him are Gómez Pereira, Robert de Nola, Luis de Narváez, Caupolicán, Nuno Tristão, and Georg Pencz. Among people deceased in 1454, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi ranks 3. Before him are John II of Castile, and Esen Taishi.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi ranks 273 out of 631. Before him are Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), Arash (1977), Kader Abdolah (1954), Ahmad Jannati (1927), Ubayd Zakani (1301), and Maryam Rajavi (1953). After him are Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou (1930), Asghar Farhadi (1972), Jafar Khan (1800), Mehdi Karroubi (1937), Gholamreza Takhti (1930), and Raffi (1835).

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Among HISTORIANS In Iran

Among historians born in Iran, Sharaf al-Din Ali Yazdi ranks 3. Before him are Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897), and Ibn al-Faqih (null). After him are Ahmad Kasravi (1890), Hafiz-i Abru (null), Ehsan Yarshater (1920), and Firishta (1560).

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