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Musaylimah

600 - 632

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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Musaylimah has received more than 414,928 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Musaylimah is the 1,476th most popular politician (up from 1,588th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 60th in 2019) and the 22nd 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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  • 410k

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  • 67.07

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Musaylimah ranks 1,476 out of 15,577. Before him are Isaac I Komnenos, Charles II of Navarre, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Sultan Cem, Avitus, and Gaston, Duke of Orléans. After him are René of Anjou, Lü Buwei, Carus, Constantius III, Ehud Barak, and Louis II, Prince of Monaco.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Musaylimah ranks 8. Before him are Abu Hurairah, Pope Eugene I, Pope Vitalian, Samo, Pope John IV, and Abraha. After him are Zainab bint Muhammad, Abdullah ibn Masud, Bahira, Muadh ibn Jabal, Maria al-Qibtiyya, and Pope Severinus. Among people deceased in 632, Musaylimah ranks 3. Before him are Muhammad and Fatimah. After him are Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, Charibert II, Boran, Jinpyeong of Silla, Abbad ibn Bishr, and Chilperic of Aquitaine.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Musaylimah ranks 58 out of 251. Before him are Musa al-Kadhim (745), Hasan al-Basri (642), Zaynab bint Ali (626), Abraha (600), Abbas ibn Ali (647), and Umm Salama (602). After him are Ibn Ishaq (704), Sawda bint Zamʿa (589), Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661), Zainab bint Muhammad (600), Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603), and Amr ibn al-As (580).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Musaylimah ranks 22. Before him are Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Safiyya bint Huyayy (610), Al-Walid I (668), Khalid of Saudi Arabia (1912), Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (582), and Amr ibn Hishām (570). After him are Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf (661), Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik (674), Talal of Jordan (1909), Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576), Muhammad bin Saud (1710), and Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1928).

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