MILITARY PERSONNEL

Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas

595 - 674

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Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ibn Wuhayb al-Zuhri (Arabic: سَعْد بْنِ أَبِي وَقَّاص بْنِ وهَيْب الزُّهري, romanized: Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ ibn Wuhayb al-Zuhrī) was an Arab Muslim commander. He was the founder of Kufa and served as its governor under Umar ibn al-Khattab. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas has received more than 688,503 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas is the 74th most popular military personnel (up from 107th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 37th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Saudi Arabian Military Personnel.

Sa'd ibn abi waqqas is most famous for his role in the Battle of Badr.

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  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 71.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 74 out of 2,058. Before him are Germanicus, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Walter Model, Erich Raeder, and Ahmad Sanjar. After him are Alexander Suvorov, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Edward Smith, Günther von Kluge, and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 595, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 1. After him are Talhah, Zaynab bint Khuzayma, Asmā' bint Abi Bakr, and Gim Yu-sin. Among people deceased in 674, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 1. After him are Sawda bint Zamʿa, Maymunah bint al-Harith, Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, Hassan ibn Thabit, and Seaxburh of Wessex.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 34 out of 354. Before him are Abu Hurairah (600), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), Abū Lahab (549), Abu Ubaidah ibn al-Jarrah (582), Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), and Zaynab bint Jahsh (592). After him are Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Marwan I (623), Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624), Zainab bint Muhammad (600), Umar II (682), and Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Saudi Arabia

Among military personnels born in Saudi Arabia, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 2. Before him are Khalid ibn al-Walid (592). After him are Muhammad bin Qasim (695), Amr ibn al-As (580), Usama ibn Zayd (615), Uqba ibn Nafi (622), Abdallah ibn Sa'd (650), Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl (598), Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan (null), Shurahbil ibn Hasana (583), and Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (null).

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