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Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (Arabic: محمد بن علي الباقر, romanized: Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Bāqir; c. 676–732) was the fifth imam in Shia Islam, succeeding his father, Zayn al-Abidin, and succeeded by his son, Ja'far al-Sadiq. His mother, Fatima Umm Abd Allah, was the daughter of Hasan, making al-Baqir the first Imam who descended from both grandsons of Muhammad, namely, Hasan and Husayn.Al-Baqir was born in Medina, about the time when Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680) was working to secure the succession of his son, Yazid. As a child, al-Baqir witnessed the tragedy of Karbala, in which all of his male relatives were massacred, except his father who was too ill to participate in the fighting. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad al-Baqir has received more than 946,406 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Muhammad al-Baqir is the 401st most popular religious figure (up from 415th in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 47th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.
Muhammad al-Baqir is most famous for being the 5th Imam of Shia Islam.
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Among religious figures, Muhammad al-Baqir ranks 401 out of 2,238. Before him are Talhah, James the Less, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Pope Lando, Joel, and Pope Stephen III. After him are Nehemiah, Zaynab bint Jahsh, Denis, Pope Boniface III, Pope Conon, and Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia.
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1 BC - 301 BC
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490 BC - 403 BC
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907 - 935
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Among people born in 677, Muhammad al-Baqir ranks 1. After him is Clovis IV. Among people deceased in 733, Muhammad al-Baqir ranks 1. After him is Germanus I of Constantinople.
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad al-Baqir ranks 43 out of 251. Before him are Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595), Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567), Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Hafsa bint Umar (602), and Talhah (595). After him are Safiyya bint Huyayy (610), Al-Walid I (668), 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (580), Abd Allah ibn Abbas (619), Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1912), and Ali al-Ridha (770).
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1885 - 1933
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1912 - 1982
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Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Muhammad al-Baqir ranks 16. Before him are Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (539), Abd al-Muttalib (497), Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659), Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624), Abu Hurairah (600), and Talhah (595). After him are 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (580), Abd Allah ibn Abbas (619), Ali al-Ridha (770), Musa al-Kadhim (745), Zaynab bint Ali (626), and Abbas ibn Ali (647).
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