RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Maria al-Qibtiyya

600 - 637

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Māriyya bint Shamʿūn (Arabic: ماریة بنت شمعون), better known as Māriyyah al-Qibṭiyyah or al-Qubṭiyya (Arabic: مارية القبطية), or Maria the Copt, died 637, was a wife of the prophet Muhammad. Maria was an Egyptian woman who, along with her sister Sirin bint Shamun, was initially given as a slave to prophet Muhammad in 628 by Al-Muqawqis, a Christian governor of Alexandria, during the territory's Sasanian occupation. She spent the rest of her life in Medina, became a formal wife, and had a son, Ibrahim with Muhammad. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria al-Qibtiyya has received more than 1,782,258 page views. Her biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Maria al-Qibtiyya is the 505th most popular religious figure (up from 591st in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 109th in 2019) and the 14th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

Maria al-Qibtiyya was a slave who became the mistress of the Muslim caliph, Harun al-Rashid. She is most famous for her poetry.

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  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 505 out of 3,187. Before her are Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, Ibn Majah, Bruno of Cologne, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair, 13th Dalai Lama, and Rāhula. After her are Paul of Thebes, Rose of Lima, Haggai, Saint Sarah, Malachi, and Pope Victor I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 12. Before her are Musaylimah, Abdullah ibn Masud, Pope Vitalian, Bahira, Pope John IV, and Abraha. After her are Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Muadh ibn Jabal, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Pope Theodore I, Bahram Chobin, and Abu Musa al-Ash'ari. Among people deceased in 637, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 1. 

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 88 out of 642. Before her are Lactantius (250), Constantine P. Cavafy (1863), Teti (-2350), Psamtik I (-700), Eric Hobsbawm (1917), and Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926). After her are Paul of Thebes (227), Isma'il Pasha (1830), Saint Sarah (100), Athenaeus (200), Saint Menas (285), and Userkaf (-2600).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 14. Before her are Seti I (-1323), Tiye (-1398), Pachomius the Great (292), Saint Apollonia (110), Saint Maurice (250), and Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926). After her are Paul of Thebes (227), Saint Sarah (100), Saint Menas (285), Mary of Egypt (344), Djet (-3000), and Meritaten (-1400).

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