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Al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd al-Thaqafi (Arabic: الْمُخْتَار ٱبْن أَبِي عُبَيْد الثَّقَفِيّ, romanized: al-Mukhtār ibn Abī ʿUbayd al-Thaqafī; c. 622 – 3 April 687) was a pro-Alid revolutionary based in Kufa, who led a rebellion against the Umayyad Caliphate in 685 and ruled over most of Iraq for eighteen months during the Second Fitna. Born in Ta'if, Mukhtar moved to Iraq at a young age and grew up in Kufa. Following the death of Husayn ibn Ali, a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, at the hands of the Umayyad army in the Battle of Karbala in 680, he allied with the rival caliph Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr in Mecca, but the alliance was short-lived. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mukhtar al-Thaqafi has received more than 1,016,557 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mukhtar al-Thaqafi is the 55th most popular social activist (up from 64th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 78th in 2019) and the most popular Saudi Arabian Social Activist.
Mukhtar al-Thaqafi is most famous for his revolt against the Umayyad caliphate in the year 735.
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Among social activists, Mukhtar al-Thaqafi ranks 55 out of 538. Before him are Shirin Ebadi, Babak Khorramdin, Alexey Stakhanov, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Witold Pilecki, and Harriet Tubman. After him are Camilo Cienfuegos, Toussaint Louverture, Dominique Pire, Túpac Amaru II, Anneliese Michel, and Widukind.
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 49
798 - 838
HPI: 67.04
Rank: 50
1906 - 1977
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 51
1856 - 1920
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 52
1901 - 1948
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 53
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 54
622 - 687
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 55
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 56
1743 - 1803
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 57
1910 - 1969
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 58
1738 - 1781
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 59
1952 - 1976
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 60
755 - 810
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 61
Among people born in 622, Mukhtar al-Thaqafi ranks 1. After him are Uqba ibn Nafi, Mizizios, and Tulga. Among people deceased in 687, Mukhtar al-Thaqafi ranks 2. Before him is Pope Conon. After him are Erwig and Cuthbert.
622 - 687
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 1
622 - 683
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 2
622 - 669
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 3
622 - 642
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 4
630 - 687
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 1
622 - 687
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 2
642 - 687
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 3
635 - 687
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 4
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Mukhtar al-Thaqafi ranks 69 out of 251. Before him are Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603), Amr ibn al-As (580), Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674), Abdullah ibn Umar (610), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), and Anas ibn Malik (612). After him are Sumayyah bint Khabbat (550), Abdullah ibn Masud (600), Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594), Ammar ibn Yasir (570), Muadh ibn Jabal (600), and Hasan al-Askari (846).
603 - 630
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 63
580 - 664
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 64
674 - 717
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 65
610 - 693
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 66
589 - 629
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 67
612 - 712
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 68
622 - 687
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 69
550 - 615
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 70
600 - 650
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 71
594 - 666
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 72
570 - 657
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 73
600 - 640
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 74
846 - 874
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 75
Among social activists born in Saudi Arabia, Mukhtar al-Thaqafi ranks 1. After him are Nimr al-Nimr (1959), Loujain al-Hathloul (1989), and Samar Badawi (1981).
622 - 687
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 1
1959 - 2016
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 2
1989 - Present
HPI: 36.11
Rank: 3
1981 - Present
HPI: 31.49
Rank: 4