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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Abraha

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

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  • 67.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Abraha ranks 166 out of 1,468Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Abraha ranks 7Before 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 2Before 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.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Abraha ranks 55 out of 251Before 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).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Saudi Arabia

Among military personnels born in Saudi Arabia, Abraha ranks 3Before 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).