RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abdullah ibn Salam

550 - 643

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Abdallah ibn Salam (Arabic: عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ, romanized: ʿAbdullāh ibn Salām, lit. '[ ALLAH'S (God's) Servant ]'), born Al-Husayn ibn Salam, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and was a Jew who converted to Islam. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdullah ibn Salam has received more than 177,988 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Abdullah ibn Salam is the 703rd most popular religious figure (up from 831st in 2019), the 103rd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia and the 49th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Abdullah ibn Salam is most famous for being a Muslim scholar and the first Muslim to translate the Hebrew Bible into Arabic.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abdullah ibn Salam ranks 703 out of 3,187. Before him are Pancras of Rome, Lydia of Thyatira, Martin de Porres, Gertrude the Great, Antipas of Pergamum, and Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. After him are Epiphanius of Salamis, Thomas Wolsey, Émile Benveniste, Johann Tetzel, Gertrude of Nivelles, and Athenagoras I of Constantinople.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 550, Abdullah ibn Salam ranks 6. Before him are Pope Boniface IV, Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, Sumayyah bint Khabbat, Teia, and Armah. After him are John the Merciful, Anastasius of Persia, Saint Gall, Liuva I, Garibald I of Bavaria, and Tardu. Among people deceased in 643, Abdullah ibn Salam ranks 1. After him is Wei Zheng.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Abdullah ibn Salam ranks 103 out of 354. Before him are Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576), Wahshi ibn Harb (700), Usama ibn Zayd (615), Asmā' bint Abi Bakr (595), Uqba ibn Nafi (622), and Al-Wathiq (812). After him are Adnan Khashoggi (1935), Abul Kalam Azad (1888), Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607), Abdallah ibn Sa'd (650), Jamal Khashoggi (1958), and Rayhana bint Zayd (600).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Abdullah ibn Salam ranks 49. Before him are Umm Kulthum bint Ali (630), Qasim ibn Muhammad (598), Abu Dhar al-Ghifari (600), Sa'id bin Zayd (593), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637), and Muhammad al-Jawad (811). After him are Fatimah bint Asad (555), Ubayy ibn Ka'b (600), 'Abd Allah ibn 'Amr ibn al-'As (616), Waraqah ibn Nawfal (null), Abd Manaf ibn Qusai (430), and Isma'il ibn Ja'far (721).

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