RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abu Mansur al-Maturidi

893 - 944

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Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (Arabic: أبو منصور الماتريدي, romanized: ʾAbū Manṣūr al-Māturīdī; 853–944) was a Persian Sunni scholar and theologian who is the eponym of the Maturidi school of theology in Sunnism. A follower of the Hanafi school of jurisprudence, al-Maturidi was a leading figure of the Islamic Golden Age. Born in village Maturid near Samarkand from where he took his nisba, al-Maturidi's teachers include Abu Bakr al-Juzjani and Abu Nasr al-Ayadi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Mansur al-Maturidi has received more than 340,248 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Abu Mansur al-Maturidi is the 379th most popular religious figure (up from 409th in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (up from 9th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Uzbekistani Religious Figure.

Abu Mansur al-Maturidi is most famous for being the founder of the Maturidi school of Islamic theology, which is one of the four schools of Sunni Islamic theology. He is also famous for his work in the field of Islamic law.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abu Mansur al-Maturidi ranks 379 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Nicholas II, Parascheva of the Balkans, Alcuin, Muhammad al-Baqir, Pope Martin I, and Pope Fabian. After him are Matteo Ricci, Pope Zachary, Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Simeon Stylites, Pope Hormisdas, and Pope Boniface VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 893, Abu Mansur al-Maturidi ranks 1. After him are Louis the Child, William Longsword, Al-Qa'im, and Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Abu Mansur al-Maturidi ranks 8 out of 190. Before him are Timur (1336), Al-Biruni (973), Muhammad al-Bukhari (810), Babur (1483), Al-Tirmidhi (824), and Islam Karimov (1938). After him are Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957), Shah Rukh (1377), Isma'il ibn Ahmad (849), Alp-Tegin (963), and Mohammed Alim Khan (1880).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Uzbekistan

Among religious figures born in Uzbekistan, Abu Mansur al-Maturidi ranks 3. Before him are Muhammad al-Bukhari (810), and Al-Tirmidhi (824). After him are Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), Ad-Darazi (1000), and Amoghavajra (705).

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