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Yahya of Antioch

980 - 1066

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Yahya of Antioch, full name Yaḥya ibn Saʿīd al-Anṭākī (Arabic: يحيى بن سعيد الأنطاكي), was a Melkite Christian physician and historian of the 11th century. He was most likely born in Fatimid Egypt. He became a physician, but the anti-Christian policies of Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (r. 996–1021) forced him to flee to Byzantine-held Antioch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yahya of Antioch is the 291st most popular historian (down from 247th in 2019), the 416th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 403rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Egyptian Historian.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Yahya of Antioch ranks 291 out of 561. Before him are George Buchanan, Gustave Schlumberger, Abraham Geiger, Marino Sanuto the Younger, Stéphane Courtois, and Wilhelm von Bode. After him are Juan de Mariana, Marin Drinov, Quentin Skinner, Agnes Arber, Lyubomir Miletich, and Gerald of Wales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 980, Yahya of Antioch ranks 19. Before him are Emperor Ichijō, Muhammad II of Córdoba, Einar Thambarskelfir, Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi, Unsuri, and Adalbero, Duke of Carinthia. After him are Farrukhi Sistani, Emma of Provence, and Izyaslav of Polotsk. Among people deceased in 1066, Yahya of Antioch ranks 11. Before him are Al-Bayhaqi, Stenkil, Tostig Godwinson, Muniadona of Castile, Gottschalk, and Conan II, Duke of Brittany. After him are Ibn Butlan, Udayadityavarman II, and Gyrth Godwinson.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Yahya of Antioch ranks 416 out of 642. Before him are Al-Mansur Abu Bakr (1321), Atef Ebeid (1932), Al-Mustamsik (null), Walther von Hünersdorff (1898), Khalid al-Islambouli (1955), and Saad el-Shazly (1922). After him are Apion (-30), Mustafa Kamil Pasha (1874), C. S. Forester (1899), Zubaida Tharwat (1940), Sayf al-Din Khushqadam (1413), and Pope Theonas of Alexandria (300).

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Among HISTORIANS In Egypt

Among historians born in Egypt, Yahya of Antioch ranks 7. Before him are Manetho (-201), Eric Hobsbawm (1917), Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (1372), Theophylact Simocatta (580), Al-Maqrizi (1364), and H. A. R. Gibb (1895). After him are Al-Nuwayri (1279), and Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754).

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