The Most Famous
RELIGIOUS FIGURES from Turkmenistan
This page contains a list of the greatest Turkmen Religious Figures. The pantheon dataset contains 3,187 Religious Figures, 1 of which were born in Turkmenistan. This makes Turkmenistan the birth place of the 107th most number of Religious Figures behind Puerto Rico, and Qatar.
Top 4
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Turkmen Religious Figures of all time. This list of famous Turkmen Religious Figures is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Al-Nasa'i (829 - 915)
With an HPI of 66.38, Al-Nasa'i is the most famous Turkmen Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 32 different languages on wikipedia.
Al-Nasāʾī (214 – 303 AH; c. 829 – 915 CE), full name Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb ibn ʿAlī ibn Sinān ibn Baḥr ibn Dīnar al-Khurasānī al-Nasāʾī, was a noted collector of hadith (sayings of Muhammad), from the city of Nasa (early Khorasan and present day Turkmenistan), and the author of "As-Sunan", one of the six canonical hadith collections recognized by Sunni Muslims. From his "As-Sunan al-Kubra (The Large Sunan)" he wrote an abridged version, "Al-Mujtaba" or Sunan al-Sughra (The Concise Sunan). Of the fifteen books he is known to have written, six treat the science of hadīth.
2. Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (736 - 797)
With an HPI of 63.01, Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak is the 2nd most famous Turkmen Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 22 different languages.
Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (Arabic: عَبْد اللَّه ٱبْن الْمُبَارَك, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak; c. 726–797) was an 8th-century traditionalist Sunni Muslim scholar and Hanafi jurist. Known by the title Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith, he is considered a pious Muslim known for his memory and zeal for knowledge who was a muhaddith and was remembered for his asceticism.
3. Najm al-Din Kubra (1145 - 1221)
With an HPI of 59.64, Najm al-Din Kubra is the 3rd most famous Turkmen Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Najm ad-Din Kubra (Persian: نجمالدین کبری) was a 13th-century Khwarezmian Sufi from Khwarezm and the founder of the Kubrawiya, influential in the Ilkhanate and Timurid dynasty. His method, exemplary of a "golden age" of Sufi metaphysics, was related to the Illuminationism of Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi as well as to Rumi's Shams Tabrizi. Kubra was born in 540/1145 and died in 618/1221.
4. Sufyan al-Thawri (716 - 778)
With an HPI of 59.53, Sufyan al-Thawri is the 4th most famous Turkmen Religious Figure. His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Sufyān ibn Saʿīd ibn Masrūq ibn Ḥamza al-Thawrī al-Muḍarī al-Kūfī (Arabic: أَبُو عَبْد ٱللَّٰه سُفْيَان بْن سَعِيد بْن مَسْرُوق بْن حَمْرَة ٱلثَّوْرِيّ ٱلْمُضَرِيّ ٱلْكُوفِيّ; 716–778 CE / 97–161 AH), commonly known as Sufyān al-Thawrī (Arabic: سُفْيَان ٱلثَّوْرِيّ), was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, ascetic, traditionist, and eponymous founder of the Thawri school of Islamic jurisprudence, considered one of the Eight Ascetics.
People
Pantheon has 4 people classified as Turkmen religious figures born between 716 and 1145. Of these 4, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Turkmen religious figures include Al-Nasa'i, Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, and Najm al-Din Kubra. As of April 2024, 2 new Turkmen religious figures have been added to Pantheon including Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak, and Najm al-Din Kubra.
Deceased Turkmen Religious Figures
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Al-Nasa'i
829 - 915
HPI: 66.38
Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak
736 - 797
HPI: 63.01
Najm al-Din Kubra
1145 - 1221
HPI: 59.64
Sufyan al-Thawri
716 - 778
HPI: 59.53
