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Abu Ayyub al-Ansari

576 - 674

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Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (Arabic: أبو أيوب الأنصاري, romanized: Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī, Turkish: Ebu Eyyûb el-Ensarî, died c. 674) — born Khalid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Tha'laba (Arabic: خالد ابن زيد ابن كُليب ابن ثعلبه, romanized: Khālid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb ibn Thaʿlaba) in Yathrib — was from the tribe of Banu Najjar, and a close companion (Arabic: الصحابه, sahaba) and the standard-bearer of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Abu Ayyub was one of the Ansar (Arabic: الأنصار, meaning aiders, helpers or patrons) of the early Islamic history, those who supported Muhammad after the hijra (migration) to Medina in 622. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Ayyub al-Ansari has received more than 669,003 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Abu Ayyub al-Ansari is the 2,360th most popular politician (up from 2,384th in 2019), the 97th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 87th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

Abu Ayyub al-Ansari is most famous for being the one who guarded Muhammad's body after his death.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari ranks 2,360 out of 19,576. Before him are Alfonso IX of León, Eric I of Denmark, Erich Mielke, Magnus IV of Sweden, Ferdinand Karl, Archduke of Austria-Este, and Léon Bourgeois. After him are Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, Vajiravudh, Emperor Shenzong of Song, Omri, John IV Laskaris, and Tiberius III.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 576, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari ranks 1. After him is Sulpitius the Pious. Among people deceased in 674, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari ranks 4. Before him are Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Sawda bint Zamʿa, and Maymunah bint al-Harith. After him are Hassan ibn Thabit, and Seaxburh of Wessex.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari ranks 97 out of 354. Before him are Abu Dhar al-Ghifari (600), Muhammad bin Saud (1710), Amr ibn al-As (580), Sa'id bin Zayd (593), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637), and Muhammad al-Jawad (811). After him are Wahshi ibn Harb (700), Usama ibn Zayd (615), Asmā' bint Abi Bakr (595), Uqba ibn Nafi (622), Al-Wathiq (812), and Abdullah ibn Salam (550).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari ranks 29. Before him are Talal of Jordan (1909), Maymunah bint al-Harith (594), Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1912), Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674), Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661), and Muhammad bin Saud (1710). After him are Asmā' bint Abi Bakr (595), Al-Wathiq (812), Abul Kalam Azad (1888), Rayhana bint Zayd (600), Ali of Hejaz (1879), and Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz (1910).

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