640 - 716
Musa ibn Nusayr (Arabic: موسى بن نصير Mūsá bin Nuṣayr; c. 640 – c. 716) was an Arab general and governor who served under the Umayyad caliph Al-Walid I. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Musa ibn Nusayr has received more than 197,934 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Musa ibn Nusayr is the 2,070th most popular politician (up from 2,176th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Syria (up from 27th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Syrian Politician.
Musa ibn Nusayr is most famous for being the governor of Muslim Spain and North Africa, and for leading the Muslim conquest of Visigothic Spain.
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Among politicians, Musa ibn Nusayr ranks 2,070 out of 15,577. Before him are Hans Luther, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Adolf of Germany, Wang Jingwei, Philipp Scheidemann, and Mieszko I of Poland. After him are Edmund Ironside, Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Al-Hakam II, Dagobert III, Leopoldo Galtieri, and John IV Laskaris.
1879 - 1962
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 2,064
1736 - 1793
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 2,065
1255 - 1298
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 2,066
1883 - 1944
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 2,067
1865 - 1939
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 2,068
940 - 992
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 2,069
640 - 716
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 2,070
993 - 1016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 2,071
200 - 276
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 2,072
915 - 976
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 2,073
698 - 715
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 2,074
1926 - 2003
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 2,075
1250 - 1305
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 2,076
Among people born in 640, Musa ibn Nusayr ranks 3. Before him are Asparuh of Bulgaria and Saint Giles. After him are Isaac of Nineveh, Kusaila, Saint Kilian, Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi, and Seaxburh of Ely. Among people deceased in 716, Musa ibn Nusayr ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Ruizong of Tang. After him are Achila II, Qapaghan Qaghan, Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, Æthelred of Mercia, Coenred of Mercia, Ceolred of Mercia, and Osred I of Northumbria.
640 - 700
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 1
640 - 710
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 2
640 - 716
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 3
640 - 700
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 4
640 - 688
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 5
640 - 689
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 6
640 - 710
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 7
640 - 699
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 8
662 - 716
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 1
640 - 716
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 2
695 - 716
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 3
601 - 716
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 4
700 - 716
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 5
601 - 716
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 6
700 - 716
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 7
700 - 716
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 8
697 - 716
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 9
Among people born in Syria, Musa ibn Nusayr ranks 26 out of 181. Before him are Aemilius Papinianus (142), Al-Maʿarri (973), Ibn al-Nafis (1212), Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691), Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya (1292), and Ananias of Damascus (100). After him are Antiochus II Theos (-286), Avidius Cassius (130), Yazid II (687), Émile Benveniste (1902), Romanos the Melodist (490), and Adunis (1930).
142 - 211
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 20
973 - 1057
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 21
1212 - 1289
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 22
691 - 743
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 23
1292 - 1350
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 24
100 - 100
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 25
640 - 716
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 26
286 BC - 246 BC
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 27
130 - 175
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 28
687 - 724
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 29
1902 - 1976
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 30
490 - 556
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 31
1930 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 32
Among politicians born in Syria, Musa ibn Nusayr ranks 12. Before him are Philip the Arab (204), Bashar al-Assad (1965), Muawiya II (661), Marwan II (688), Imad ad-Din Zengi (1087), and Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik (691). After him are Antiochus II Theos (-286), Yazid II (687), Julia Maesa (165), Odaenathus (220), Yazid III (701), and Ibrahim ibn al-Walid (700).
204 - 249
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 6
1965 - Present
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 7
661 - 684
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 8
688 - 750
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 9
1087 - 1146
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 10
691 - 743
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 11
640 - 716
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 12
286 BC - 246 BC
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 13
687 - 724
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 14
165 - 224
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 15
220 - 267
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 16
701 - 744
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 17
700 - 750
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 18