Shahnameh

Quality:

Shahnameh - epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi. This book is the 441st most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books and the 324th most popular book in Simple English Wikipedia. Article "Shahnameh" in Simple English Wikipedia has 3.9 points for quality (as of August 1, 2024).

This article has the best quality in Persian Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is English.

Achievements in all the time:
Simple English Wikipedia:
Global Wikipedia:
The 441st most popular in books.

Since the creation of article "Shahnameh", its content was written by 12 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 2010 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Shahnameh is on the 324th place in local ranking of books in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 441st place in global ranking of books in all the time.

The article is cited 14 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 6662 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1083 in August 2015
  • Global: #2342 in December 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #15729 in October 2013
  • Global: #16564 in February 2023

There are 53 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from August 1, 2024 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
94.5165
2Indonesian (id)
Syahnamah
86.9356
3English (en)
Shahnameh
83.4414
4Italian (it)
Shāh-Nāmeh
72.3139
5Basque (eu)
Xahname
69.4067
6Hungarian (hu)
Sáhnáme
66.9065
7German (de)
Schāhnāme
63.174
8Catalan (ca)
El Llibre dels Reis
62.1733
9Romanian (ro)
Șah-Namé
60.1282
10Armenian (hy)
Շահնամե
54.726
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Shahnameh" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shahnameh
2 915 122
2Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
2 819 951
3Russian (ru)
Шахнаме
554 552
4Turkish (tr)
Şehnâme
534 042
5German (de)
Schāhnāme
306 515
6Arabic (ar)
الشاهنامه
281 892
7French (fr)
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
244 484
8Japanese (ja)
シャー・ナーメ
191 301
9Spanish (es)
Shāhnāmé
141 058
10Hindi (hi)
शाहनामा
92 406
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in July 2024

The most popular language versions of the article "Shahnameh" in July 2024
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Shahnameh
16 873
2Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
15 967
3Russian (ru)
Шахнаме
3 233
4Turkish (tr)
Şehnâme
2 886
5Arabic (ar)
الشاهنامه
1 350
6German (de)
Schāhnāme
1 333
7French (fr)
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
1 037
8Japanese (ja)
シャー・ナーメ
971
9Italian (it)
Shāh-Nāmeh
887
10Chinese (zh)
列王紀 (伊朗)
756
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Shahnameh" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Shahnameh
466
2Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
280
3German (de)
Schāhnāme
161
4French (fr)
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
117
5Italian (it)
Shāh-Nāmeh
80
6Russian (ru)
Шахнаме
79
7Dutch (nl)
Sjahnama
53
8Turkish (tr)
Şehnâme
49
9Hungarian (hu)
Sáhnáme
42
10Hebrew (he)
שאהנאמה
40
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in July 2024

Language versions of the article "Shahnameh" with the highest AI in July 2024
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Schāhnāme
2
2Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
2
3English (en)
Shahnameh
1
4French (fr)
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
1
5Hebrew (he)
שאהנאמה
1
6Korean (ko)
샤나메
1
7Russian (ru)
Шахнаме
1
8Slovenian (sl)
Šahname
1
9Turkish (tr)
Şehnâme
1
10Arabic (ar)
الشاهنامه
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Shahnameh" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Persian (fa)
شاهنامه
1 638
2English (en)
Shahnameh
1 207
3Russian (ru)
Шахнаме
397
4German (de)
Schāhnāme
306
5French (fr)
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
295
6Swedish (sv)
Shahnameh
245
7Arabic (ar)
الشاهنامه
202
8Japanese (ja)
シャー・ナーメ
190
9Italian (it)
Shāh-Nāmeh
180
10Spanish (es)
Shāhnāmé
148
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Popularity in all years:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
الشاهنامه
azAzerbaijani
Şahnamə
beBelarusian
Шах-намэ
bgBulgarian
Шахнаме
caCatalan
El Llibre dels Reis
csCzech
Šáhnáme
daDanish
Kongebogen
deGerman
Schāhnāme
elGreek
Σαχναμέ
enEnglish
Shahnameh
eoEsperanto
Ŝahnameo
esSpanish
Shāhnāmé
etEstonian
Shāhnāmeh
euBasque
Xahname
faPersian
شاهنامه
fiFinnish
Šahname
frFrench
Livre des Rois (Ferdowsi)
glGalician
Shahnameh
heHebrew
שאהנאמה
hiHindi
शाहनामा
hrCroatian
Šahname
huHungarian
Sáhnáme
hyArmenian
Շահնամե
idIndonesian
Syahnamah
itItalian
Shāh-Nāmeh
jaJapanese
シャー・ナーメ
kaGeorgian
შაჰნამე
kkKazakh
Шахнама
koKorean
샤나메
laLatin
Liber regum (Firdusius)
ltLithuanian
Šachnamė
msMalay
Shahnameh
nlDutch
Sjahnama
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Den iranske kongeboka
noNorwegian
Shâhnâme
plPolish
Szahname
ptPortuguese
Épica dos Reis
roRomanian
Șah-Namé
ruRussian
Шахнаме
shSerbo-Croatian
Šahname
simpleSimple English
Shahnameh
slSlovenian
Šahname
srSerbian
Шахнаме
svSwedish
Shahnameh
taTamil
சா நாமா
thThai
ชอฮ์นอเม
trTurkish
Şehnâme
ukUkrainian
Шах-наме
urUrdu
شاہنامہ
uzUzbek
Shohnoma
viVietnamese
Shahnameh
zhChinese
列王紀 (伊朗)
zhminnanMin Nan
Shahnameh

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#15729
10.2013
Global:
#16564
02.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1083
08.2015
Global:
#2342
12.2012

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Shahnameh from Wikipedia articles about Ferdowsi, Rostam, Kalila and Demna, Persian mythology and Zahhak. Whereas reading the article about Shahnameh people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Ferdowsi, Abu-Mansuri Shahnameh, Pishdadian dynasty, Rostam and Muslim conquest of Persia.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

simple: Shahnameh
zhminnan: Shahnameh

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