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Abraha (Ge’ez: አብርሃ) (also spelled Abreha, died presumably in 570 CE), also known as Abraha al-Ashram (Arabic: أَبْرَهَة ٱلْأَشْرَم), was a viceroy for the Kingdom of Aksum who ruled the Himyarite Kingdom of Yemen and much of the Arabian Peninsula in the 6th century. He is famous for the tradition of his attempt to destroy the Kaaba, a revered religious site in Mecca, using an army that included war elephants, an event known as Year of the Elephant. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abraha has received more than 645,150 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Abraha is the 166th most popular military personnel (up from 189th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 59th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Saudi Arabian Military Personnel.
Abraha was most famous for leading a military expedition against Mecca in the year 570 AD.
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Among military personnels, Abraha ranks 166 out of 1,468. Before him are Alfred von Schlieffen, José de San Martín, Rudolf Abel, Gertrude Bell, Andrey Vlasov, and Minamoto no Yoshitsune. After him are Pyotr Bagration, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, Joseph Joffre, Ernst Busch, Joachim Peiper, and Auguste de Marmont.
1833 - 1913
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 160
1778 - 1850
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 161
1903 - 1971
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 162
1868 - 1926
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 163
1901 - 1946
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 164
1159 - 1189
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 165
600 - 600
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 166
1765 - 1812
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 167
1753 - 1815
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 168
1852 - 1931
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 169
1885 - 1945
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 170
1915 - 1976
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 171
1774 - 1852
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 172
Among people born in 600, Abraha ranks 7. Before him are Jordanes, Abu Hurairah, Pope Eugene I, Pope Vitalian, Samo, and Pope John IV. After him are Musaylimah, Zainab bint Muhammad, Abdullah ibn Masud, Bahira, Muadh ibn Jabal, and Maria al-Qibtiyya. Among people deceased in 600, Abraha ranks 2. Before him is Jordanes. After him are Abd Manaf ibn Qusai, Sophia, Stephanus of Byzantium, Qasim ibn Muhammad, Priscian, Leander of Seville, Hrólfr Kraki, Bharavi, Eutocius of Ascalon, and John the Lydian.
600 - 600
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 1
600 - 676
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 2
600 - 657
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 3
600 - 672
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 4
600 - 658
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 5
600 - 642
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 6
600 - 600
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 7
600 - 632
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 8
600 - 629
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 9
600 - 650
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 10
600 - 700
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 11
600 - 640
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 12
600 - 637
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 13
600 - 600
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 1
600 - 600
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430 - 600
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530 - 600
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501 - 600
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598 - 600
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500 - 600
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Rank: 7
534 - 600
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Rank: 8
596 - 600
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Rank: 9
501 - 600
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480 - 600
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 11
490 - 600
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 12
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Abraha ranks 55 out of 251. Before him are Ali al-Ridha (770), Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (582), Amr ibn Hishām (570), Musa al-Kadhim (745), Hasan al-Basri (642), and Zaynab bint Ali (626). After him are Abbas ibn Ali (647), Umm Salama (602), Musaylimah (600), Ibn Ishaq (704), Sawda bint Zamʿa (589), and Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661).
770 - 818
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 49
582 - 639
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 50
570 - 624
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 51
745 - 799
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 52
642 - 728
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 53
626 - 682
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 54
600 - 600
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 55
647 - 680
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 56
602 - 683
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 57
600 - 632
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 58
704 - 767
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 59
589 - 674
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 60
661 - 714
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 61
Among military personnels born in Saudi Arabia, Abraha ranks 3. Before him are Khalid ibn al-Walid (592) and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595). After him are Amr ibn al-As (580), Muhammad bin Qasim (695), and Uqba ibn Nafi (622).
592 - 642
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 1
595 - 674
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 2
600 - 600
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 3
580 - 664
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 4
695 - 715
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 5
622 - 683
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 6