RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Malik al-Ashtar

585 - 658

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Malik al-Ashtar (Arabic: مَالِك ٱلْأَشْتَر), also known as Mālik bin al-Ḥārith al-Nakhaʿīy al-Maḏḥijīy (Arabic: مَالِك ٱبْن ٱلْحَارِث ٱلنَّخَعِيّ ٱلْمَذْحِجِيّ) was, according to Sunni view, one of the people involved behind Uthman's assassination. While, according to Shias, he was one of the loyal companions of Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. According to them, Malik remained a loyal supporter of Muhammad's progeny and the Hashemite clan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Malik al-Ashtar has received more than 360,897 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Malik al-Ashtar is the 810th most popular religious figure (up from 819th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Yemen (down from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Yemeni Religious Figure.

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  • 61.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Malik al-Ashtar ranks 810 out of 3,187. Before him are Margot Frank, Sen no Rikyū, Agnes of Bohemia, Odile of Alsace, Sheikh Adi ibn Musafir, and Ibn Qutaybah. After him are Apollinaris of Laodicea, Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha, Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Tatiana of Rome, Stanislaus Kostka, and Romano Guardini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 585, Malik al-Ashtar ranks 5. Before him are Umar, Pope Honorius I, Pepin of Landen, and Theudebert II. After him is Garibald II of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 658, Malik al-Ashtar ranks 2. Before him is Samo. After him are Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, Khabbab ibn al-Aratt, Erchinoald, Thonmi Sambhota, and Chu Suiliang.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Malik al-Ashtar ranks 6 out of 35. Before him are Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947), Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945), Uwais al-Qarani (594), Abdullah ibn Saba' (700), and Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (600). After him are Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (1908), Miqdad ibn Aswad (589), Rashad al-Alimi (1954), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), Mukesh Ambani (1957), and Muhammad al-Badr (1926).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Yemen

Among religious figures born in Yemen, Malik al-Ashtar ranks 3. Before him are Uwais al-Qarani (594), and Abdullah ibn Saba' (700).

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