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Abu Musa al-Ash'ari

600 - 666

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Abu Musa Abd Allah ibn Qays al-Ash'ari (Arabic: أبو موسى عبد الله بن قيس الأشعري, romanized: Abū Mūsā ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qays al-Ashʿarī), better known as Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (Arabic: أبو موسى الأشعري, romanized: Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī) (died c. 662 or 672) was a companion of Muhammad and an important figure in early Islamic history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari has received more than 170,935 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Abu Musa al-Ash'ari is the 2,549th most popular politician (up from 3,514th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Yemen (down from 4th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Yemeni Politician.

Abu Musa al-Ash'ari is most famous for being the first Muslim scholar to declare that the Qur'an is not created.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ranks 2,549 out of 19,576. Before him are Lentulus Batiatus, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Aybak, Krum, Ahaziah of Judah, and Sa'id of Egypt. After him are Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, Alexander Ypsilantis, Musa ibn Nusayr, Léon Gambetta, Fusu, and Mursili I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ranks 18. Before him are Maria al-Qibtiyya, Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Muadh ibn Jabal, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Pope Theodore I, and Bahram Chobin. After him are Pope Severinus, Rayhana bint Zayd, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, Abd-Allah ibn Ubayy, Shahrbaraz, and Bayan I. Among people deceased in 666, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ranks 2. Before him is Ramla bint Abi Sufyan. After him are Yeon Gaesomun, Muhammad ibn Maslamah, and Lupus of Friuli.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ranks 5 out of 35. Before him are Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947), Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945), Uwais al-Qarani (594), and Abdullah ibn Saba' (700). After him are Malik al-Ashtar (585), Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (1908), Miqdad ibn Aswad (589), Rashad al-Alimi (1954), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), Mukesh Ambani (1957), and Muhammad al-Badr (1926).

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Among POLITICIANS In Yemen

Among politicians born in Yemen, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ranks 3. Before him are Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947), and Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945). After him are Rashad al-Alimi (1954), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), Muhammad al-Badr (1926), Ahmad bin Yahya (1891), Hussein al-Houthi (1960), Ali Nasir Muhammad (1940), Mohammed Basindawa (1935), Abdullah al-Sallal (1917), and Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939).

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