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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 603,745 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas is the 107th most popular military personnel (down from 96th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 32nd 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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  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.42

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 107 out of 1,468Before him are Võ Nguyên Giáp, Robert Peary, Ubba, Klaus Barbie, Nestor Makhno, and Gaius Julius Caesar. After him are Zhang Fei, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Alexander Selkirk, Eli Cohen, Abu Muslim, and Cimon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 595, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 1After him are Talhah, Zaynab bint Khuzayma, Gim Yu-sin, and Asmā' bint Abi Bakr. Among people deceased in 674, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 1After 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 37 out of 251Before him are Zayd ibn Harithah (581), Abū Lahab (549), Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624), Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906), Abu Hurairah (600), and Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921). After him are Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567), Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Hafsa bint Umar (602), Talhah (595), and Muhammad al-Baqir (677).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Saudi Arabia

Among military personnels born in Saudi Arabia, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas ranks 2Before him are Khalid ibn al-Walid (592). After him are Abraha (600), Amr ibn al-As (580), Muhammad bin Qasim (695), and Uqba ibn Nafi (622).