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Safiyya bint Huyayy

610 - 670

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Safiyya bint Huyayy (Arabic: صفية بنت حيي Ṣafiyya bint Ḥuyayy) was a Jewish convert to Islam from the Banu Nadir tribe. After the Battle of Khaybar in 628, she was widowed and taken captive by the early Muslims and subsequently became Muhammad's tenth wife. Like all other women who were married to Muhammad, Safiyya was known to Muslims as a "Mother of the Believers". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Safiyya bint Huyayy has received more than 1,082,263 page views. Her biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Safiyya bint Huyayy is the 908th most popular politician (up from 1,123rd in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 44th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.

Safiyya bint huyayy is most famous for being the wife of Muhammad.

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Safiyya bint Huyayy ranks 908 out of 19,576. Before her are Friedrich Ratzel, Charles XV of Sweden, Xiang Yu, Gordian I, Basil II, and Valentinian II. After her are Wangari Maathai, Galla Placidia, Constantine V, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Josiah, and Ancus Marcius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 610, Safiyya bint Huyayy ranks 2. Before her is Pope Adeodatus II. After her are Abdullah ibn Umar, Pope Donus, Egica, Grimoald, King of the Lombards, Anania Shirakatsi, Godepert, and Pulakeshin II. Among people deceased in 670, Safiyya bint Huyayy ranks 3. Before her are Hasan ibn Ali, and Brahmagupta. After her are Aqil ibn Abi Talib, Audomar, Oswiu, Amalberga of Maubeuge, and Felix of Aquitaine.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Safiyya bint Huyayy ranks 48 out of 354. Before her are Hafsa bint Umar (602), Abd Allah ibn Abbas (619), Ali al-Ridha (770), Talhah (595), Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921), and Zayd ibn Harithah (581). After her are Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906), Umm Salama (602), Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603), Muhammad al-Baqir (677), Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (598), and 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf (580).

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Among POLITICIANS In Saudi Arabia

Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Safiyya bint Huyayy ranks 18. Before her are Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Marwan I (623), Umar II (682), Amr ibn Hishām (570), and Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921). After her are Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906), Al-Walid I (668), Musaylimah (600), Faisal I of Iraq (1885), Talal of Jordan (1909), and Maymunah bint al-Harith (594).

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