RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Hashim ibn Abd Manaf

464 - 497

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Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf (Arabic: هاشم بن عبد مناف; c. 464–497), born ʿAmr al-ʿUlā (عمرو العلا), was the great-grandfather of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the progenitor of the ruling Banu Hashim clan of the Quraysh tribe in Mecca. At some point in his life before his father's death, 'Amr chose for himself the name Hāshim, as it was the name God used for Abraham ('Amr was a Hanif, follower of the "religion of Abraham"). The narrations from Islamic hagiographists to explain this name change are varied: A narration suggests that `Amr was called Hashim because Hashim translates as pulverizer in Arabic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf has received more than 682,268 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Hashim ibn Abd Manaf is the 979th most popular religious figure (down from 690th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 88th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Hashim ibn Abd Manaf is most famous for being the ancestor of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ranks 979 out of 3,187. Before him are Nadezhda von Meck, Patriarch Tikhon of Moscow, Pietro Gasparri, Melito of Sardis, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, and Amun-her-khepeshef. After him are Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri, Henry of Latvia, Elon, Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, Ermengarde of Tours, and Peter Faber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 464, Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Wu of Liang.  Among people deceased in 497, Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ranks 1. 

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ranks 142 out of 354. Before him are Wasil ibn Ata (700), Al-Khansa (575), Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba (581), Idris I of Morocco (743), Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (631), and Fatimah bint Musa (790). After him are Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri (678), Abdul-Aziz ibn Abdullah Al ash-Sheikh (1943), Muqrin bin Abdulaziz (1945), Abu Sa'īd al-Khūdrī (612), Muslim ibn Aqil (650), and Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud (1850).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Hashim ibn Abd Manaf ranks 61. Before him are Isma'il ibn Ja'far (721), Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman (600), Abd al-Rahman ibn Muljam (null), Wasil ibn Ata (700), Abu Hudhayfa ibn Utba (581), and Fatimah bint Musa (790). After him are Ibn Shihab az-Zuhri (678), Abu Sa'īd al-Khūdrī (612), Muslim ibn Aqil (650), Abu Darda (580), Aqil ibn Abi Talib (590), and Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen (1925).

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