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POLITICIAN

Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz

1910 - 1999

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Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah ibn Baz (Arabic: عبد العزيز بن عبد الله بن باز, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz bin ʿAbd Allāh bin Bāz; 21 November 1912 – 13 May 1999), popularly known as Bin Baz or Ibn Baz, was a Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar who served as the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia from 1993 until his death in 1999. According to French political scientist Gilles Kepel, ibn Baz was a "figurehead" whose "immense religious erudition and his reputation for intransigence" gave him prestige among the population of Saudi Arabia. He "could reinforce the Saud family's policies through his influence with the masses of believers". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz has received more than 620,908 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz is the 4,521st most popular politician (down from 3,762nd in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 101st in 2019) and the 37th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz is most famous for his work as a mufti, or Islamic scholar. He was a member of the Council of Senior Scholars in Saudi Arabia and the chairman of the Standing Committee for Scientific Research and Issuing Fatwas.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz ranks 4,521 out of 15,577Before him are Terauchi Masatake, Conrad Hilton, Hōjō Masako, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Birger, King of Sweden, and Ottokar Czernin. After him are Salvius Julianus, Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Georgios Papandreou, Emperor Ankan, Thaïs, and Eutropius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz ranks 57Before him are Shunichi Kumai, Miguel Najdorf, Dorothy Vaughan, Imi Lichtenfeld, Tjalling Koopmans, and J. Allen Hynek. After him are Pavel Batitsky, Sergey Gorshkov, Edda Mussolini, Said bin Taimur, Francisco Varallo, and Karel Zeman. Among people deceased in 1999, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz ranks 44Before him are Henry Way Kendall, Henri, Count of Paris, Nathalie Sarraute, Oliver Reed, Adolfo Bioy Casares, and Daniel Nathans. After him are Michael Morris, 3rd Baron Killanin, George C. Scott, John F. Kennedy Jr., Edward Dmytryk, Fabrizio De André, and Joe D'Amato.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz ranks 116 out of 251Before him are Ubayy ibn Ka'b (600), Abul Kalam Azad (1888), Wasil ibn Ata (700), Ali of Hejaz (1879), Antarah ibn Shaddad (525), and Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (null). After him are Al-Khansa (575), Al-Waqidi (747), Hassan ibn Thabit (554), 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (616), Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945), and Al-Waleed bin Talal (1955).

Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz ranks 37Before him are Ghazi of Iraq (1912), Al-Wathiq (812), Abbas I of Egypt (1816), Empress Jitō (645), Abul Kalam Azad (1888), and Ali of Hejaz (1879). After him are Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945), Al-Mughira (600), Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850), Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy (null), and Ahmed Zaki Yamani (1930).