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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 an Egyptian woman who, along with her sister Sirin bint Shamun, was given to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 628 by Al-Muqawqis, a Christian governor of Alexandria, during the territory's Sasanian occupation as slaves. She spent the rest of her life in Medina 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 1,608,923 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Maria al-Qibtiyya is the 596th most popular religious figure (up from 621st in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 120th in 2019) and the 22nd 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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  • 65.33

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  • 37

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 596 out of 2,238Before her are Antipope Alexander V, Pope Felix IV, Francis of Paola, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair, Muhammad al-Jawad, and Ruqayyah bint Muhammad. After her are Saint Casimir, Zayd ibn Thabit, Pope Eusebius, Pope Vigilius, Fatima al-Fihri, and Ali al-Hadi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 13Before her are Abraha, Musaylimah, Zainab bint Muhammad, Abdullah ibn Masud, Bahira, and Muadh ibn Jabal. After her are Pope Severinus, Pope Theodore I, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Rayhana bint Zayd, Bahram Chobin, and Shahrbaraz. 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 110 out of 582Before her are Mohamed ElBaradei (1942), Isma'il Pasha (1830), Cleopatra V of Egypt (-100), Al-Suyuti (1445), Georges Moustaki (1934), and Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (1372). After her are Mohamed Hussein Tantawi (1935), Al-Kamil (1177), Seqenenre Tao (-1600), Sekhemkhet (-2800), Alexander Helios (-40), and Macarius of Egypt (300).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 22Before her are Saint Menas (285), Saint Sarah (100), Mary of Egypt (344), Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926), Djet (-3000), and Al-Suyuti (1445). After her are Macarius of Egypt (300), Pope Shenouda III of Alexandria (1923), Antipope Dioscorus (500), Basilides (117), Amun-her-khepeshef (-1300), and Nahshon (null).