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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

817 - 875

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

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 468,521 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj is the 294th 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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470k
Page Views (PV)
70.61
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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 294 out of 2,238. Before 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 1. After him is Abu Dawood. Among people deceased in 875, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 1. After him are Louis II of Italy, Ado of Vienne, and Otfrid of Weissenburg.