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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hasan al-Askari

846 - 874

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Hasan ibn Ali ibn Muhammad (Arabic: الحَسَن بْن عَلِيّ بْن مُحَمَّدُ, romanized: al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad; c. 846 – 874), better known as Hasan al-Askari (Arabic: الحَسَن ٱلْعَسْكَرِيّ, romanized: al-Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī), was a descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is regarded as the eleventh of the Twelve Imams, succeeding his father, Ali al-Hadi. Hasan Al-Askari was born in Medina in 844 and brought with his father to the garrison town of Samarra in 848, where the Abbasid caliphs held them under close surveillance until their deaths, even though neither were politically active. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hasan al-Askari has received more than 753,009 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Hasan al-Askari is the 563rd most popular religious figure (up from 599th in 2019), the 75th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 52nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Hasan al-Askari was the 11th and last Imam of the Shi'a Muslim faith. He was born in 846 and died in 874. He was the son of the 10th Imam, Muhammad al-Askari.

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  • 4.40

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  • 2.92

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hasan al-Askari ranks 563 out of 2,238. Before him are Muhammad Ahmad, Pope Sergius II, Ammar ibn Yasir, Muadh ibn Jabal, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, and Vincent Ferrer. After him are Pope Mark, Djet, Joseph of Cupertino, Seraphim of Sarov, Rose of Lima, and Camillus de Lellis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 846, Hasan al-Askari ranks 3. Before him are Rollo and Louis the Stammerer.  Among people deceased in 874, Hasan al-Askari ranks 2. Before him is Bayazid Bastami. After him are Antipope John VIII, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, and Unruoch III of Friuli.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Hasan al-Askari ranks 75 out of 251. Before him are Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (622), Sumayyah bint Khabbat (550), Abdullah ibn Masud (600), Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594), Ammar ibn Yasir (570), and Muadh ibn Jabal (600). After him are Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680), Muhammad al-Jawad (811), Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (598), Zayd ibn Thabit (615), Ali al-Hadi (829), and Muhammad bin Qasim (695).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Hasan al-Askari ranks 32. Before him are Anas ibn Malik (612), Sumayyah bint Khabbat (550), Abdullah ibn Masud (600), Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594), Ammar ibn Yasir (570), and Muadh ibn Jabal (600). After him are Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680), Muhammad al-Jawad (811), Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (598), Zayd ibn Thabit (615), Ali al-Hadi (829), and Hind bint Utbah (510).

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