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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Husayn ibn Ali

626 - 680

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Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (Arabic: الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ, romanized: al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a prominent early Islamic figure. He was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Muhammad's daughter Fatima, as well as a younger brother of Hasan ibn Ali. He is regarded as the third Imam in Shia Islam after his brother, Hasan, and before his son, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Husayn ibn Ali has received more than 6,178,512 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 79 in 2019). Husayn ibn Ali is the 37th most popular religious figure (up from 43rd in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia and the 4th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Husayn ibn Ali is most famous for being the grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali. He was killed in battle in 680 CE.

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  • 78

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  • 3.85

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Husayn ibn Ali ranks 37 out of 2,238Before him are Martin of Tours, Jonah, Saint Stephen, John the Apostle, Pope Benedict XVI, and Saint Lucy. After him are Queen of Sheba, James, son of Zebedee, Samuel, Catherine of Aragon, Catherine of Alexandria, and Pope John Paul I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 626, Husayn ibn Ali ranks 1After him are Zaynab bint Ali, Gertrude of Nivelles, Emperor Tenji, Munmu of Silla, Rodoald, Balthild of Chelles, and Eanflæd. Among people deceased in 680, Husayn ibn Ali ranks 1After him are Muawiyah I, Abbas ibn Ali, Princess Wencheng, Abdullah ibn Ja'far, Balthild of Chelles, Bhāskara I, Hilda of Whitby, and Cædmon.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Husayn ibn Ali ranks 6 out of 251Before him are Muhammad (570), Umar (585), Ali (601), Abu Bakr (573), and Uthman (574). After him are Fatimah (604), Aisha (605), Khadija bint Khuwaylid (556), Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935), Khalid ibn al-Walid (592), and Osama bin Laden (1957).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Husayn ibn Ali ranks 4Before him are Muhammad (570), Ali (601), and Abu Bakr (573). After him are Hasan ibn Ali (624), Bilal ibn Rabah (580), Aminah (557), Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), Malik ibn Anas (711), Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (539), Abd al-Muttalib (497), and Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659).