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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin

659 - 713

Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin

ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (Arabic: علي بن الحسين زين العابدين), also known as al-Sajjād (ٱلسَّجَّاد, lit. 'the one who is constantly prostrating in worship') or simply as Zayn al-ʿĀbidīn (lit. 'ornament of worshippers'), c. 4 January 659 – c. 13 October 713, was an Imam in Shiʻi Islam after his father Husayn ibn Ali, his uncle Hasan ibn Ali, and his grandfather, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Ali ibn al-Husayn survived the Battle of Karbala in 680 CE, after which he and the other survivors were taken to Yazid I in Damascus. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin has received more than 1,277,864 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin is the 283rd most popular religious figure (up from 307th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 26th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin was the son of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib, and the fourth Shi'ite Imam. He is most famous for his patience in the face of persecution.

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Among religious figures, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin ranks 283 out of 2,238. Before him are Rebecca, Saint Ursula, Pope Paul I, Pope Gregory V, Pope Paschal II, and Pope Paul II. After him are Pope Linus, Antipope John XXIII, Longinus, Sarah Baartman, Saint Veronica, and Pope Honorius IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 659, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin ranks 1. After him are Fujiwara no Fuhito, He Zhizhang, and Cædwalla of Wessex. Among people deceased in 713, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin ranks 1. After him are Philippikos Bardanes, Huineng, Princess Taiping, and Yijing.