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Amr ibn Hishām

570 - 624

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Amr ibn Hisham (Arabic: عَمْرو بن هِشَام, romanized: ʿAmr ibn Hishām; also known as Abū Jahl (أبو جهل) (literally "father of ignorance") c. (570 – 13 March 624) was the Meccan Qurayshi polytheist leader of the Mushrikites known for his opposition to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the most prominent flag-bearer of opposition towards Islam. A prominent head of the Makhzum clan, Amr was known as Abu al-Hakam ('Father of Wisdom') among pre-Islamic Arabs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amr ibn Hishām has received more than 913,234 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Amr ibn Hishām is the 785th most popular politician (up from 1,243rd in 2019), the 41st most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 51st in 2019) and the 16th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

Amr ibn hishām is most famous for being the commander of the Muslim army that conquered Egypt in 641.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amr ibn Hishām ranks 785 out of 19,576. Before him are Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Gyula Andrássy, Islam Karimov, Viktor Yushchenko, Philip the Arab, and Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca. After him are Sariputta, Vladislaus II of Hungary, Zewditu, William III of the Netherlands, Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, and İsmet İnönü.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 570, Amr ibn Hishām ranks 5. Before him are Muhammad, Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib, Pope Adeodatus I, and Khosrow II. After him are Ammar ibn Yasir, Childebert II, Theodelinda, Bhartṛhari, Witteric, Al-A'sha, and Pybba of Mercia. Among people deceased in 624, Amr ibn Hishām ranks 2. Before him is Abū Lahab. After him are Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Ka'b ibn al-Ashraf, Utbah ibn Rabi'ah, Asma bint Marwan, Rædwald of East Anglia, Uthman ibn Maz'un, and Mellitus.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Amr ibn Hishām ranks 41 out of 354. Before him are Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Marwan I (623), Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624), Zainab bint Muhammad (600), Umar II (682), and Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567). After him are Hafsa bint Umar (602), Abd Allah ibn Abbas (619), Ali al-Ridha (770), Talhah (595), Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921), and Zayd ibn Harithah (581).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Amr ibn Hishām ranks 16. Before him are Abū Lahab (549), Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (582), Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Marwan I (623), and Umar II (682). After him are Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921), Safiyya bint Huyayy (610), Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906), Al-Walid I (668), Musaylimah (600), and Faisal I of Iraq (1885).

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