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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad

985 - 1021

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Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmad (Arabic: حمزة بن علي بن أحمد, romanized: Ḥamza ibn ‘Alī ibn ʾAḥmad; c. 985–c. 1021) was an 11th-century Persian missionary and founding figure of the Druze. He was born in Zozan in Greater Khorasan in Samanid-ruled Persia (modern Khaf, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran), and preached his heterodox strand of Isma'ilism in Cairo during the reign of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad has received more than 131,324 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad is the 1,863rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,424th in 2019), the 268th most popular biography from Iran and the 30th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.46

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad ranks 1,863 out of 2,238. Before him are Enravota, Lluís Martínez Sistach, Gianfranco Ravasi, Eleutherius of Byzantium, Balthasar Bekker, and Giovanni Canestri. After him are Péter Erdő, Cosmas of Maiuma, Christoph Bartholomäus Anton Migazzi, Sava II, Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, and Theodorus Lector.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 985, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad ranks 7. Before him are Emma of Normandy, Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Adalbert, Margrave of Austria, Rodulfus Glaber, Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany, and Radbot of Klettgau. After him are Theobald II of Blois and Eilmer of Malmesbury. Among people deceased in 1021, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad ranks 2. Before him is Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad ranks 268 out of 528. Before him are Maryam Mirzakhani (1977), Samad Behrangi (1939), Behrouz Vossoughi (1938), Subh-i-Azal (1831), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), and Shirin Neshat (1957). After him are Amastrine (-400), Majid Majidi (1959), Ali-Reza Pahlavi (1966), Mehdi Karroubi (1937), Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi (995), and Nasrin Sotoudeh (1963).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad ranks 30. Before him are Ibn Khuzayma (838), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Aga Khan II (1830), Morteza Motahhari (1919), Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), and Sadegh Khalkhali (1926). After him are Suleiman II of Persia (1714), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Kazim Rashti (1793), and Reza Hosseini Nassab (1960).

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