RELIGIOUS FIGURE

`Abdu'l-Bahá

1844 - 1921

Photo of `Abdu'l-Bahá

Icon of person `Abdu'l-Bahá

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (; Persian: عبد البهاء‎, 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born ʻAbbás (Persian: عباس), was the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh, founder of the Bahá’í Faith who designated him to be his successor and head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 until 1921. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was later cited as the last of three "central figures" of the religion, along with Baháʼu'lláh and the Báb, and his writings and authenticated talks are regarded as sources of Baháʼí sacred literature. He was born in Tehran to an aristocratic family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of `Abdu'l-Bahá has received more than 375,785 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). `Abdu'l-Bahá is the 820th most popular religious figure (down from 797th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Iran (down from 125th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

`Abdu'l-Bahá is most famous for being the son of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. He was a prominent member of the Bahá'í Faith and was appointed as the head of the religion by his father.

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, `Abdu'l-Bahá ranks 820 out of 3,187. Before him are Tatiana of Rome, Stanislaus Kostka, Romano Guardini, Piruz Nahavandi, Safi-ad-din Ardabili, and John of Ávila. After him are Nicolaus Zinzendorf, Sergius of Radonezh, Athanasius the Athonite, Saint Maurus, 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As, and Saint Margaret of Scotland.

Most Popular Religious Figures in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, `Abdu'l-Bahá ranks 26. Before him are Muhammad Ahmad, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Friedrich Miescher, Ismail Qemali, Charles-Marie Widor, and Karl Lueger. After him are Abdur Rahman Khan, Julius Wellhausen, Adolf Engler, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Sophia Tolstaya, and Saitō Hajime. Among people deceased in 1921, `Abdu'l-Bahá ranks 23. Before him are Alexander Blok, Matthias Erzberger, Ignác Goldziher, William II of Württemberg, Eugen Dühring, and Mykola Leontovych. After him are Engelbert Humperdinck, Oscar Montelius, Julius Richard Petri, Antoni Grabowski, Karl von Bülow, and Subramania Bharati.

Others Born in 1844

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1921

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Iran

Among people born in Iran, `Abdu'l-Bahá ranks 137 out of 631. Before him are Mulla Sadra (1571), Sibawayh (760), Jahan Shah (1397), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), and Ali Shariati (1933). After him are Arsaces I of Parthia (-280), Datis (-600), Osroes I (50), Musa al-Sadr (1928), Suleiman of Persia (1647), and Ata-Malik Juvayni (1226).

Others born in Iran

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, `Abdu'l-Bahá ranks 15. Before him are Ibn Majah (824), Mordecai (null), Sasan (200), Anastasius of Persia (550), Piruz Nahavandi (700), and Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252). After him are Al-Juwayni (1028), Al-Bayhaqi (994), Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), Ibn Babawayh (918), Shaykh Tusi (995), and Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933).

Iranian born Religious Figures

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous