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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Muhammad al-Bukhari

810 - 870

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Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl ibn Ibrāhīm al-Juʿfī al-Bukhārī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد بن إسماعيل بن إبرهيم الجعفي البخاري; 21 July 810 – 1 September 870) was a 9th-century Muslim muhaddith who is widely regarded as the most important hadith scholar in the history of Sunni Islam. Al-Bukhari's extant works include the hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Kabir, and al-Adab al-Mufrad. Born in Bukhara in present-day Uzbekistan, Al-Bukhari began learning hadith at a young age. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muhammad al-Bukhari has received more than 2,201,104 page views. His biography is available in 70 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Muhammad al-Bukhari is the 70th most popular religious figure (down from 57th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Uzbekistani Religious Figure.

Muhammad al-Bukhari is most famous for collecting and compiling the hadith, which are sayings and deeds of the Prophet Muhammad.

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  • 70

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Muhammad al-Bukhari ranks 70 out of 2,238Before him are Thomas the Apostle, Daniel, Pope Pius XI, Saint Valentine, John Chrysostom, and Pope Sylvester I. After him are Pope Gregory XIII, Pope Urban II, Pope Julius II, Pope Gregory VII, Pope Pius IX, and Pope Paul VI.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 810, Muhammad al-Bukhari ranks 1After him are Abbas ibn Firnas, Pope Benedict III, John Scotus Eriugena, Halfdan the Black, Kenneth MacAlpin, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Kassia, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Hastein, García Íñiguez of Pamplona, and Eulogius of Córdoba. Among people deceased in 870, Muhammad al-Bukhari ranks 1After him are Rastislav of Moravia, Lü Dongbin, Piast the Wheelwright, Judith of Flanders, and Al-Muhtadi.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Muhammad al-Bukhari ranks 5 out of 145Before him are Avicenna (980), Timur (1336), Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780), and Al-Biruni (973). After him are Babur (1483), Al-Tirmidhi (824), Islam Karimov (1938), Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (893), Shah Rukh (1377), Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), and Shavkat Mirziyoyev (1957).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Uzbekistan

Among religious figures born in Uzbekistan, Muhammad al-Bukhari ranks 1After him are Al-Tirmidhi (824), Abu Mansur al-Maturidi (893), Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari (1327), and Ad-Darazi (1000).