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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ibn Sa'd

784 - 845

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Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Sa‘d ibn Manī‘ al-Baṣrī al-Hāshimī or simply Ibn Sa'd (Arabic: ابن سعد) and nicknamed Scribe of Waqidi (Katib al-Waqidi), was a scholar and Arabian biographer. Ibn Sa'd was born in 784/785 CE (168 AH) and died on 16 February 845 CE (230 AH). Ibn Sa'd was from Basra, but lived mostly in Baghdad, hence the nisba al-Basri and al-Baghdadi respectively. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ibn Sa'd has received more than 175,374 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ibn Sa'd is the 994th most popular religious figure (down from 969th in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 119th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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  • 180k

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  • 58.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.91

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ibn Sa'd ranks 994 out of 2,238Before him are Paula of Rome, Ravi Shankar, Edith Cavell, Robert Sarah, Germanus I of Constantinople, and Mechtilde. After him are Amun-her-khepeshef, Julia Pastrana, Janaka, Vincent Pallotti, 11th Dalai Lama, and Antipope Paschal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 784, Ibn Sa'd ranks 1 Among people deceased in 845, Ibn Sa'd ranks 1After him are Nithard and Bridei VII.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ibn Sa'd ranks 122 out of 338Before him are Al-Mustansir (1300), Ibn Sirin (653), Muhammad al-Shaybani (750), Mahmud Barzanji (1878), Utu-hengal (-2200), and Al-Qa'im (1001). After him are Eannatum (-2500), Ibn al-Nadim (1000), Ibn Khallikan (1211), Ibn Qutaybah (828), Al-Muhtadi (825), and Taha Yassin Ramadan (1938).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Ibn Sa'd ranks 16Before him are Eber (-2038), Ibn Hisham (701), Junayd of Baghdad (830), Hillel the Elder (-110), Nahor, son of Serug (-1912), and Haran (null). After him are Ibn Qutaybah (828), Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935), Suhayb ar-Rumi (587), Abo of Tiflis (756), Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), and An Shigao (101).