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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib

539 - 619

Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib

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 1,424,399 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib is the 247th most popular religious figure (up from 277th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 29th in 2019) and the 10th 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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1.4M
Page Views (PV)
72.01
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
44
Languages Editions (L)
6.37
Effective Languages (L*)
3.10
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ranks 247 out of 2,238. Before him are Vincent de Paul, Pope Fabian, Amenhotep I, Ignatius of Antioch, Maximilian Kolbe, and Pope Damasus I. After him are Demetrius of Thessaloniki, Amos, Pope Adrian II, Ezra, Irenaeus, and Pope Nicholas I.

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Vincent de Paul
1581 - 1660
HPI: 72.17
Rank: 241
Pope Fabian
200 - 250
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 242
Amenhotep I
1530 BC - 1503 BC
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 243
Ignatius of Antioch
35 - 108
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 244
Maximilian Kolbe
1894 - 1941
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 245
Pope Damasus I
305 - 384
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 246
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
539 - 619
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 247
Demetrius of Thessaloniki
270 - 306
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 248
Amos
800 BC - 745 BC
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 249
Pope Adrian II
792 - 872
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 250
Ezra
500 BC - 401 BC
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 251
Irenaeus
130 - 202
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 252
Pope Nicholas I
800 - 867
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 253

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.