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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

817 - 875

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Abū al-Ḥusayn ‘Asākir ad-Dīn Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj ibn Muslim ibn Ward ibn Kawshādh al-Qushayrī an-Naysābūrī (Arabic: أبو الحسين عساكر الدين مسلم بن الحجاج بن مسلم بن وَرْد بن كوشاذ القشيري النيسابوري; after 815 – May 875 CE / 206 – 261 AH) or Muslim Nayshāpūrī (Persian: مسلم نیشاپوری), commonly known as Imam Muslim, was an Islamic scholar from the city of Nishapur, particularly known as a muhaddith (scholar of hadith). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj has received more than 550,010 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj is the 303rd most popular religious figure (down from 250th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Iran (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj is most famous for his compilation of the hadith, or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.

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  • 550k

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  • 70.61

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  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 303 out of 2,238Before him are Saint Veronica, Pope Honorius IV, Pope John X, Pope Julius I, Desmond Tutu, and Pope Gregory X. After him are Pope Dionysius, Brigham Young, Judas Maccabeus, Pope Boniface I, Al-Tirmidhi, and Pope Gregory II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 817, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 1After him is Abu Dawood. Among people deceased in 875, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 1After him are Louis II of Italy, Ado of Vienne, and Otfrid of Weissenburg.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 38 out of 528Before him are Doris Lessing (1919), Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201), Reza Shah (1878), Antiochus III the Great (-241), Ardashir I (180), and Shapur I (150). After him are Shams Tabrizi (1185), Farah Pahlavi (1938), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Cambyses I (-600), Saadi Shirazi (1210), and Astyages (-700).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 6Before him are Zoroaster (-2000), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Esther (-600), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), and Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078). After him are Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Mordecai (null), and Sasan (200).