RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar

935 - 1025

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Abu al-Hasan ʿAbd al-Jabbar ibn Ahmad ibn Khalil ibn ʿAbdallah al-Hamadani al-Asadabadi (935 CE – 1025 CE) was an Persian Mu'tazili theologian, jurist and hadith scholar who is remembered as the Qadi al-Qudat (Chief Magistrate) of the Buyid dynasty, and a reported follower of the Shafi‘i school. Abd al-Jabbar means "Servant of al-Jabbar (the Almighty)." The Mu'tazila call him "Qadi al-Qudat" (قاضي القضاة) and do not give this title to anyone else. He was born in Asadabad near Hamadan, Iran. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar has received more than 32,755 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar is the 1,719th most popular religious figure, the 257th most popular biography from Iran and the 30th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar ranks 1,719 out of 3,187. Before him are Scipione Rebiba, Joachim Meisner, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Paul I of Constantinople, Mary Ward, and Patriarch Pimen I of Moscow. After him are Joseph Genesius, Colette of Corbie, Mang of Xia, Sava Petrović, Al-Baqillani, and Péter Erdő.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 935, Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar ranks 5. Before him are Harald Bluetooth, Hrotsvitha, Harald Greycloak, and William IV, Duke of Aquitaine. After him is Michitsuna's mother. Among people deceased in 1025, Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar ranks 8. Before him are Bolesław I the Brave, Sei Shōnagon, Hugh Magnus, Matilda of Germany, Countess Palatine of Lotharingia, Muhammad III of Córdoba, and Burchard of Worms. After him are Al-Qasim al-Ma'mun, Helena, and Eustathius of Constantinople.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar ranks 257 out of 631. Before him are Raffi (1835), Mohammad Beheshti (1928), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Ubayd Zakani (1301), Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (1940), and Gholamreza Takhti (1930). After him are Asadi Tusi (999), Massoud Rajavi (1948), Mithridates IV of Parthia (null), Mostafa Chamran (1932), Ariobarzanes of Persis (-368), and Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar ranks 30. Before him are Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), Aga Khan II (1830), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad (985), Morteza Motahhari (1919), and Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948). After him are Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1921), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Sadegh Khalkhali (1926), Navvab Safavi (1924), Suleiman II of Persia (1714), and Luarsab II of Kartli (1592).

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