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Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah

873 - 934

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Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn (Arabic: أبو محمد عبد الله بن الحسين; 31 July 874 – 4 March 934), better known by his regnal name al-Mahdī biʾllāh (Arabic: المهدي بالله, "The Rightly Guided by God"), was the founder of the Isma'ili Fatimid Caliphate, the only major Shi'a caliphate in Islamic history, and the eleventh Imam of the Isma'ili branch of Shi'ism. He was born as Saʿīd ibn al-Ḥusayn (سعيد بن الحسين) in Askar Mukram to a family that led the secret Isma'ili missionary network (da'wa), propagating on behalf of the hidden imam, Muhammad ibn Isma'il, who would return as the prophesied Islamic messiah (mahdi). Orphaned at a young age, he moved to Salamiya, the family's base of operations, where he was adopted by his uncle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah has received more than 173,331 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah is the 2,501st most popular politician (up from 2,877th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from Iran (up from 106th in 2019) and the 57th most popular Iranian Politician.

Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah is most famous for being the 12th Imam in Shi'ite Islam. He was born in 869 and disappeared in 878.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah ranks 2,501 out of 19,576. Before him are Antonín Novotný, Serzh Sargsyan, Sancho II of Castile and León, Necmettin Erbakan, Huayna Capac, and Pharnavaz I of Iberia. After him are Plaek Phibunsongkhram, Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians, Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Greg Abbott, and Emperor Ling of Han.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 873, Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah ranks 2. Before him is Al-Ash'ari. After him are Al-Tabarani, and Ordoño II of León. Among people deceased in 934, Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah ranks 1. After him are Abu Zayd al-Balkhi, Emma of France, and Ebalus, Duke of Aquitaine.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah ranks 98 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad Khodabanda (1531), Bahram V (406), Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (1305), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933), Atossa (-550), and Sogdianus of Persia (-500). After him are Mordecai (null), Bahram Chobin (600), Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Shahnaz Pahlavi (1940), Yazdegerd I (400), and Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iran

Among politicians born in Iran, Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah ranks 57. Before him are Mohammad Khodabanda (1531), Bahram V (406), Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan (1305), Mohammad-Ali Rajai (1933), Atossa (-550), and Sogdianus of Persia (-500). After him are Muhammad I Tapar (1082), Yazdegerd I (400), Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar (1872), Orodes II (-70), Safi of Persia (1611), and Mithridates I of Parthia (-195).

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