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Asmā' bint Abi Bakr

595 - 692

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Asmāʾ bint Abī Bakr (Arabic: أسماء بنت أبي بكر; c. 594/595 – 694-695CE) nicknamed Dhat an-Nitaqayn (meaning she with the two belts) was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and half-sister of his third wife Aisha. Her nickname Dhat an-Nitaqayn was given to her by Muhammad during the migration to Medina. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asmā' bint Abi Bakr has received more than 166,343 page views. Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Asmā' bint Abi Bakr is the 2,535th most popular politician (up from 2,820th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia and the 30th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

Asma' bint Abu Bakr was the daughter of Abu Bakr, one of the Prophet Muhammad's closest companions. She was also the wife of the Prophet Muhammad's second cousin, ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān. Asma' bint Abu Bakr is most famous for being the first Muslim woman to convert to Islam.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Asmā' bint Abi Bakr ranks 2,535 out of 19,576. Before her are Tomislav Nikolić, Georges Couthon, Pavlo Skoropadskyi, Paul Reynaud, Eric IV of Denmark, and Souphanouvong. After her are Jie of Xia, Emperor Gaozong of Song, Lee Hsien Loong, Charibert I, Nectanebo I, and Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 595, Asmā' bint Abi Bakr ranks 4. Before her are Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Talhah, and Zaynab bint Khuzayma. After her is Gim Yu-sin. Among people deceased in 692, Asmā' bint Abi Bakr ranks 2. Before her is Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr. After her is Antipope Paschal.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Asmā' bint Abi Bakr ranks 100 out of 354. Before her are Sa'id bin Zayd (593), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637), Muhammad al-Jawad (811), Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576), Wahshi ibn Harb (700), and Usama ibn Zayd (615). After her are Uqba ibn Nafi (622), Al-Wathiq (812), Abdullah ibn Salam (550), Adnan Khashoggi (1935), Abul Kalam Azad (1888), and Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Asmā' bint Abi Bakr ranks 30. Before her are Maymunah bint al-Harith (594), Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1912), Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674), Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661), Muhammad bin Saud (1710), and Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576). After her are Al-Wathiq (812), Abul Kalam Azad (1888), Rayhana bint Zayd (600), Ali of Hejaz (1879), Abd al-Aziz ibn Baz (1910), and Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928).

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