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Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib

539 - 619

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Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب, romanized: ʾAbū Ṭālib bin ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib; c. 535 – 619) was the leader of Banu Hashim, a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula. He being the brother of Abdullah, the father of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, was his uncle and father of Ali. After the death of his father Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, he inherited this position as tribal chieftain, and the offices of Siqaya and Rifada. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib has received more than 1,531,412 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib is the 197th most popular religious figure (up from 243rd in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 25th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib was the uncle of the prophet Muhammad and the father of Ali. He is most famous for being a protector of Muhammad from the persecution of the Quraysh.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ranks 197 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Clement VI, Agnes of Rome, Pope Eugene IV, Pope Marcellus II, Saint Roch, and Pope Pelagius I. After him are Pope Benedict XII, Pope Clement X, Pope Benedict XI, Pope Benedict VIII, Elizabeth of Hungary, and Pope Boniface I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 539, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ranks 1. After him are Maurice, and Chilperic I. Among people deceased in 619, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ranks 2. Before him is Khadija bint Khuwaylid. After him are John the Merciful, Shibi Khan, John Moschus, and Laurence of Canterbury.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ranks 23 out of 354. Before him are Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703), Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924), Ja'far al-Sadiq (702), Ibn Saud (1875), Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib (570), and Malik ibn Anas (711). After him are Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646), Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659), Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), Abd al-Muttalib (497), Abu Hurairah (600), and Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ranks 9. Before him are Abu Bakr (573), Husayn ibn Ali (626), Hasan ibn Ali (624), Bilal ibn Rabah (580), Aminah (557), and Malik ibn Anas (711). After him are Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659), Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), Abd al-Muttalib (497), Abu Hurairah (600), Zaynab bint Jahsh (592), and Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624).

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