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Musaylimah

600 - 632

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Musaylima (Arabic: مُسَيْلِمَةُ), otherwise known as Musaylima ibn Ḥabīb (Arabic: مسيلمة ابن حبيب) d.632, was a claimant of prophethood from the Banu Hanifa tribe. Based from Diriyah in present day Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, he claimed to be a prophet and was an enemy of Islam in 7th-century Arabia. He was a leader of the enemies of Islam during the Ridda wars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Musaylimah has received more than 427,466 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Musaylimah is the 1,222nd most popular politician (up from 1,472nd in 2019), the 60th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 58th in 2019) and the 21st most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

Musaylimah was a false prophet who claimed to be a prophet of Allah. He is most famous for his claim that he was a prophet of Allah.

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  • 430k

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  • 68.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Musaylimah ranks 1,222 out of 19,576. Before him are Idris of Libya, Agrippina the Elder, Nestor, Jianwen Emperor, Albert Lebrun, and Sunjong of Korea. After him are Amenhotep II, Joan I of Navarre, Queen Paola of Belgium, Frederick I of Sweden, Ælfweard of Wessex, and Jamukha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Musaylimah ranks 6. Before him are Abu Hurairah, Samo, Pope Eugene I, Zainab bint Muhammad, and Jordanes. After him are Abdullah ibn Masud, Pope Vitalian, Bahira, Pope John IV, Abraha, and Maria al-Qibtiyya. Among people deceased in 632, Musaylimah ranks 3. Before him are Muhammad, and Fatimah. After him are Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, Charibert II, Jinpyeong of Silla, Abbad ibn Bishr, Boran, and Chilperic of Aquitaine.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Musaylimah ranks 60 out of 354. Before him are 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (580), Sawda bint Zamʿa (589), Zaynab bint Ali (626), Musa al-Kadhim (745), Anas ibn Malik (612), and Al-Walid I (668). After him are Abdullah ibn Masud (600), Sumayyah bint Khabbat (550), Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Ammar ibn Yasir (570), Abdullah ibn Umar (610), and Talal of Jordan (1909).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Musaylimah ranks 21. Before him are Umar II (682), Amr ibn Hishām (570), Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921), Safiyya bint Huyayy (610), Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906), and Al-Walid I (668). After him are Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Talal of Jordan (1909), Maymunah bint al-Harith (594), Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1912), Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674), and Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661).

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