ASTRONOMER
Ja'far al-Sadiq
702 - 765
Ja'far al-Sadiq
Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Sadiq (Arabic: جَعْفَر بْن مُحَمَّد ٱلصَّادِق, romanized: Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Ṣādiq; c. 702–765 CE) was a Muslim hadith transmitter and the last agreed-upon Shia Imam between the Twelvers and Isma'ilis. Known by the title al-Sadiq ("The Truthful"), Ja'far was the eponymous founder of the Ja'fari school of Islamic jurisprudence. In the canonical Twelver hadith collections, more traditions are cited from Ja'far than that of the other Imams combined, although their attribution to him is questionable, making it hard to determine his actual teachings. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ja'far al-Sadiq has received more than 2,118,843 page views. His biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 55 in 2019). Ja'far al-Sadiq is the 10th most popular astronomer (up from 14th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 20th in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Astronomer.
Ja'far al-sadiq is most famous for being the sixth imam of the Shia.
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2.1M
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7.10
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Among ASTRONOMERS
Among astronomers, Ja'far al-Sadiq ranks 10 out of 644. Before him are Giordano Bruno, Ptolemy, Anders Celsius, Tycho Brahe, William Herschel, and Ulugh Beg. After him are Aristarchus of Samos, Edwin Hubble, Hipparchus, Ole Rømer, Carl Sagan, and Aryabhata.
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Contemporaries
Among people born in 702, Ja'far al-Sadiq ranks 1. After him is An Lushan. Among people deceased in 765, Ja'far al-Sadiq ranks 1. After him are Emperor Junnin, and Ceolwulf of Northumbria.
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ASTRONOMER
702 - 765
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 1
Emperor Junnin
POLITICIAN
733 - 765
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 2
Ceolwulf of Northumbria
POLITICIAN
695 - 765
HPI: 51.83
Rank: 3
In Saudi Arabia
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Ja'far al-Sadiq ranks 19 out of 354. Before him are Hasan ibn Ali (624), Muawiyah I (603), Bilal ibn Rabah (580), Aminah (557), Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703), and Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924). After him are Ibn Saud (1875), Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib (570), Malik ibn Anas (711), Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (539), Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646), and Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659).
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Hasan ibn Ali
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624 - 670
HPI: 81.11
Rank: 13
Muawiyah I
POLITICIAN
603 - 680
HPI: 80.57
Rank: 14
Bilal ibn Rabah
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580 - 642
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 15
Aminah
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557 - 577
HPI: 80.07
Rank: 16
Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab
PHILOSOPHER
1703 - 1792
HPI: 78.56
Rank: 17
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2015
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Ja'far al-Sadiq
ASTRONOMER
702 - 765
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 19
Ibn Saud
POLITICIAN
1875 - 1953
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 20
Hamza ibn Abdul-Muttalib
POLITICIAN
570 - 625
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 21
Malik ibn Anas
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711 - 795
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 22
Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib
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539 - 619
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 23
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan
POLITICIAN
646 - 705
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 24
Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
659 - 713
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 25
Among ASTRONOMERS In Saudi Arabia
Among astronomers born in Saudi Arabia, Ja'far al-Sadiq ranks 1.
