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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 845,431 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Hasan al-Askari is the 497th most popular religious figure (up from 558th in 2019), the 74th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 75th in 2019) and the 31st 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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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hasan al-Askari ranks 497 out of 3,187. Before him are Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Hannah, Baal Shem Tov, Yusuf al-Qaradawi, Devadatta, and Dorothea of Caesarea. After him are Saint Eustace, Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, Ibn Majah, Bruno of Cologne, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair, and 13th Dalai Lama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 846, Hasan al-Askari ranks 3. Before him are Louis the Stammerer, and Rollo.  Among people deceased in 874, Hasan al-Askari ranks 1. After him are Bayazid Bastami, Antipope John VIII, Habash al-Hasib al-Marwazi, Girart de Roussillon, Salomon, King of Brittany, Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious, Unruoch III of Friuli, and Yahya ibn Yahya.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Hasan al-Askari ranks 74 out of 354. Before him are Maymunah bint al-Harith (594), Hasan al-Basri (642), Zaynab bint Khuzayma (595), Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1912), Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674), and Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661). After him are Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594), Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680), Abbas ibn Ali (647), Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), and Hind bint Utbah (510).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Hasan al-Askari ranks 31. Before him are Anas ibn Malik (612), Abdullah ibn Masud (600), Sumayyah bint Khabbat (550), Ammar ibn Yasir (570), Abdullah ibn Umar (610), and Zaynab bint Khuzayma (595). After him are Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594), Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680), Abbas ibn Ali (647), Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), and Hind bint Utbah (510).

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