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Unsuri

980 - 1039

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Abul Qasim Hasan Unsuri Balkhi (Persian: ابوالقاسم حسن عنصری بلخی; died 1039/1040) was a 10th–11th century Persian poet. ‘Unṣurī is said to have been born in Balkh, today located in Afghanistan, and he eventually became a poet of the royal court of Mahmud of Ghazni, and was given the title Malik-us Shu'ara (King of Poets) under Mahmud. His Divan is said to have contained 30,000 distichs, of which only 2500 remain today. It includes the romance epic Vāmiq u ‘Adhrā. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Unsuri is the 2,857th most popular writer (up from 2,980th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Afghanistan (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Afghan Writer.

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Among writers, Unsuri ranks 2,857 out of 7,302. Before him are Per Petterson, Theodore Prodromos, Adam Michnik, Francis de Laporte de Castelnau, Servius Sulpicius Rufus, and Samson Raphael Hirsch. After him are Jules Vallès, Catulle Mendès, Tom Robbins, François Cheng, Aleksandër Stavre Drenova, and Ibn 'Abd al-Barr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 980, Unsuri ranks 17. Before him are Humbert I, Count of Savoy, Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders, Emperor Ichijō, Muhammad II of Córdoba, Einar Thambarskelfir, and Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi. After him are Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia, Yahya of Antioch, Farrukhi Sistani, Emma of Provence, and Izyaslav of Polotsk. Among people deceased in 1039, Unsuri ranks 5. Before him are Ibn al-Haytham, Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor, Cunigunde of Luxembourg, and Dirk III, Count of Holland. After him are Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia, Odo of Gascony, and Conrad II, Duke of Carinthia.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Unsuri ranks 90 out of 177. Before him are Muhammad of Ghazni (998), Abdul Qadir (1944), Suhaila Siddiq (1938), Eucratides I (-170), Khvandamir (1475), and Abdul Ahad Mohmand (1959). After him are Demetrius I of Bactria (-300), Agathokleia (-200), Humaira Begum (1918), Abdul Ali Mazari (1946), Ashraf Hotak (1700), and Mawdud of Ghazni (1012).

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Among WRITERS In Afghanistan

Among writers born in Afghanistan, Unsuri ranks 6. Before him are Rumi (1207), Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441), Khaled Hosseini (1965), Sanai (1080), and Gulbadan Begum (1523). After him are Rabia Balkhi (1000), Farrukhi Sistani (980), Atiq Rahimi (1962), Nadia Anjuman (1981), Niloofar Rahmani (1992), and Nadia Ghulam (1985).

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