RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Al-Qurtubi

1214 - 1273

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Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Abī Bakr al-Anṣārī al-Qurṭubī (Arabic: أبو عبدالله القرطبي) (1214 – 29 April 1273) was an Andalusian Sunni Muslim polymath, Maliki jurisconsult, mufassir, muhaddith and an expert in the Arabic language. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Al-Qurtubi has received more than 275,603 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Al-Qurtubi is the 833rd most popular religious figure (up from 886th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Spain (up from 363rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Spanish Religious Figure.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Al-Qurtubi ranks 833 out of 3,187Before him are Antipope Ursicinus, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, Andrea Amati, Antipope Boniface VII, Lucian of Antioch, and Avvakum. After him are Peter of Alcantara, Eulalia of Barcelona, Antipope Gregory VIII, Theodore Stratelates, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, and Priscillian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1214, Al-Qurtubi ranks 2Before him is Louis IX of France. After him are Isabella of England, and Sturla Þórðarson. Among people deceased in 1273, Al-Qurtubi ranks 3Before him are Rumi, and Muhammad I of Granada. After him are Baldwin II, Latin Emperor, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, and Thomas Bérard.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Al-Qurtubi ranks 336 out of 3,355Before him are Francisco Largo Caballero (1869), Pompeu Fabra (1868), Ferdinand II of León (1137), Joseph Calasanz (1556), Pedro Sánchez (1972), and Vicente Blasco Ibáñez (1867). After him are Benito Pérez Galdós (1843), Peter of Alcantara (1499), Ernesto Valverde (1964), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Berengaria of Castile (1180), and Priscillian (340).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Spain

Among religious figures born in Spain, Al-Qurtubi ranks 26Before him are Eulalia of Mérida (290), Raymond of Penyafort (1175), Peter of Saint Joseph de Betancur (1626), Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros (1436), Isidore the Laborer (1080), and John of Ávila (1500). After him are Peter of Alcantara (1499), Eulalia of Barcelona (290), Priscillian (340), Anthony Mary Claret (1807), Antipope Clement VIII (1370), and Peter Claver (1581).