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POLITICIAN

Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

1935 - 1980

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Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (Arabic: آية الله العظمى السيد محمد باقر الصدر; 1 March 1935 – 9 April 1980), also known as al-Shahīd al-Khāmis (the fifth martyr), was an Iraqi philosopher, and the ideological founder of the Islamic Dawa Party, born in al-Kadhimiya, Iraq. He was father-in-law to Muqtada al-Sadr, a cousin of Muhammad Sadeq al-Sadr and Imam Musa as-Sadr. His father Haydar al-Sadr was a well-respected high-ranking Shi'a cleric. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr has received more than 333,311 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr is the 7,447th most popular politician (down from 6,454th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 171st in 2019) and the 126th most popular Iraqi Politician.

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  • 20

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  • 3.25

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  • 2.71

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ranks 7,447 out of 15,577Before him are Salonia Matidia, John II of Cyprus, Manuel Marulanda, Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti, Ante Starčević, and H. H. Kung. After him are Michel Rocard, Zhenjin, Infante Sebastian of Portugal and Spain, Firuz Shah Tughlaq, Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Gulzarilal Nanda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ranks 115Before him are Charles Grodin, Paula Rego, Nikos Sampson, Wang Hongwen, Jerry Fodor, and Mario Camus. After him are Marc Augé, Donald P. Bellisario, Helmut Lachenmann, Diane Ladd, Michael Walzer, and Ján Popluhár. Among people deceased in 1980, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ranks 85Before him are Dietrich von Saucken, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, Marino Marini, Bert Kaempfert, Josias Braun-Blanquet, and Joy Adamson. After him are Katia Mann, Valko Chervenkov, Rudolf Christoph Freiherr von Gersdorff, Tadao Takayama, Alexander Mach, and Hiroshi Inagaki.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ranks 192 out of 338Before him are Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Ibn Muqla (886), Al-Mustadi (1142), Ashurnasirpal I (-1100), Al-Mustakfi (905), and Aphrahat (280). After him are Samsu-Ditana (-1700), Ayad Allawi (1944), An Shigao (101), Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), Shalmaneser II (-1090), and Qusay Hussein (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In Iraq

Among politicians born in Iraq, Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr ranks 126Before him are Haider al-Abadi (1952), Al-Hakim I (1247), Ibn Muqla (886), Al-Mustadi (1142), Ashurnasirpal I (-1100), and Al-Mustakfi (905). After him are Samsu-Ditana (-1700), Ayad Allawi (1944), An Shigao (101), Shalmaneser II (-1090), Qusay Hussein (1966), and Burna-Buriash II (-1400).