589 - 653
Al-Miqdad ibn Amr al-Bahrani (Arabic: المقداد بن عمرو ٱلْبَهْرَانِيّ, romanized: al-Miqdād ibn ʿAmr al-Bahrānī), better known as al-Miqdad ibn al-Aswad al-Kindi (Arabic: المقداد بن الأسود ٱلْكِنْدِيّ, romanized: al-Miqdād ibn al-Aswad al-Kindī) or simply Miqdad, was one of the companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His kunya was Abu Ma'bad (Arabic: أبو معبد). Miqdad was born in Eastern Arabia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miqdad ibn Aswad has received more than 190,843 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Miqdad ibn Aswad is the 394th most popular companion (up from 4,976th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Yemen (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Yemeni Companion.
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Among companions, Miqdad ibn Aswad ranks 394 out of 673. Before him are Anne Sophie Reventlow, Ealhswith, Amestris, Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, and Margaret of France, Queen of England. After him are Sophie, Countess of Wessex, Violant of Bar, Natalia Pushkina, Sitre, Hemma, and Henry, son of Robert I of Burgundy.
1693 - 1743
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 388
852 - 902
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 389
600 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 390
1835 - 1900
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 391
1335 - 1349
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 392
1282 - 1318
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 393
589 - 653
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 394
1965 - Present
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 395
1365 - 1431
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 396
1812 - 1863
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 397
1400 BC - 1300 BC
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 398
800 - 876
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 399
1035 - 1074
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 400
Among people born in 589, Miqdad ibn Aswad ranks 4. Before him are Sawda bint Zamʿa, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, and Bavo of Ghent. Among people deceased in 653, Miqdad ibn Aswad ranks 3. Before him are Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Chindasuinth. After him are Abu Darda, Rodoald, Honorius of Canterbury, Sigeberht the Little, Theodelap of Spoleto, and Paul II of Constantinople.
589 - 674
HPI: 67.03
Rank: 1
589 - 629
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 2
589 - 654
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 3
589 - 653
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 4
567 - 653
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 1
563 - 653
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 2
589 - 653
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 3
580 - 653
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 4
626 - 653
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 5
550 - 653
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 6
600 - 653
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 7
600 - 653
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 8
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 9
Among people born in Yemen, Miqdad ibn Aswad ranks 6 out of 21. Before him are Uwais al-Qarani (594), Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947), Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945), Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (600), and Malik al-Ashtar (585). After him are Mukesh Ambani (1957), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), Muhammad al-Badr (1926), Tawakkol Karman (1979), Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani (893), and Ahmad bin Yahya (1891).
594 - 657
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 1
1947 - 2017
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 2
1945 - Present
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 3
600 - 666
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 4
585 - 658
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 5
589 - 653
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 6
1957 - Present
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 7
1869 - 1948
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 8
1926 - 1996
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 9
1979 - Present
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 10
893 - 945
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 11
1891 - 1962
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 12
Among companions born in Yemen, Miqdad ibn Aswad ranks 1.