# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yusuf-ibn-abi-bakr-sakkaki
# Generated: 2026-08-16T09:21:38.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yusuf-ibn-abi-bakr-sakkaki"
name: "Yūsuf ibn Abī Bakr Sakkākī"
slug: "yusuf-ibn-abi-bakr-sakkaki"
description: "Sirāj al-Dīn Abū Yaʿqūb Yūsuf al-Sakkākī al-Khwārizmī, commonly known as Sirāj al-Dīn al-Sakkākī was a Persian Muslim scholar and a prominent figure in the Arabic language. He excelled in several fields, including grammar, rhetoric, morphology, semantics, prosody, and poetry. Al-Sakkākī is widely regarded as the leading rhetorician of his century, playing a pivotal role in the systematization of balāgha. His most celebrated work, Miftāḥ al-ʿUlūm, a comprehensive treatise that became a cornerstone in the study of eloquence and literary expression in the Islamic tradition. Additionally, al-Sakkaki was not only proficient in Arabic but also well-versed in Turkish language and Persian language."
tagline: "13th-century Islamic scholar and rhetorician"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1160-05-11"
deathDate: "1229"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.94
  momentum:             2.566666666666666
  historical:           12.09381066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Yusuf Sakkokiy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A"
    title: "السكاكي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirac%C9%99ddin_S%C9%99kkaki"
    title: "Siracəddin Səkkaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "সিরাজ আল-দীন আল-সাক্কাকি"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/As-Sakk%C4%81k%C4%AB"
    title: "As-Sakkākī"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_al-Din_al-Sakkaki"
    title: "Siraj al-Din al-Sakkaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سراج‌الدین سکاکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Sakkaki"
    title: "Al-Sakkaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_al-Din_al-Sakkaki"
    title: "Siraj al-Din al-Sakkaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirajuddin_as-Sakkaki"
    title: "Sirajuddin as-Sakkaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "السکاکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сироҷуддини Саккокӣ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebu_%C3%9Dakup_%C3%9Dusup_al-Sakkaky"
    title: "Ebu Ýakup Ýusup al-Sakkaky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekkaki"
    title: "Sekkaki"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "السکاکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump