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Sawda bint Zamʿa

589 - 674

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Sawdah bint Zamʿah (Arabic: سودة بنت زمعة) was the second wife of Muhammad and regarded as "Umm-ul-Mu'mineen" (Arabic: أمّ المؤمنين, romanized: ʾumm al-muʾminīn), "Mother of the Believers". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sawda bint Zamʿa has received more than 380,628 page views. Her biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Sawda bint Zamʿa is the 73rd most popular companion (up from 107th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 60th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Saudi Arabian Companion.

Sawda bint Zamʿa was a woman who was married to the Prophet Muhammad. She is most famous for being one of the first women to convert to Islam.

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  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Sawda bint Zamʿa ranks 73 out of 784. Before her are Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, Poppaea Sabina, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, and Maria Feodorovna. After her are Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary, Hecuba, Sita, Sepp Dietrich, Blanche of Castile, and Rabia Bala Hatun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 589, Sawda bint Zamʿa ranks 1. After her are Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Bavo of Ghent, Miqdad ibn Aswad, and Muhammad ibn Maslamah. Among people deceased in 674, Sawda bint Zamʿa ranks 2. Before her is Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas. After her are 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, Sawda bint Zamʿa ranks 55 out of 354. Before 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). After her are Zaynab bint Ali (626), Musa al-Kadhim (745), Anas ibn Malik (612), Al-Walid I (668), Musaylimah (600), and Abdullah ibn Masud (600).

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Among COMPANIONS In Saudi Arabia

Among companions born in Saudi Arabia, Sawda bint Zamʿa ranks 9. Before her are Khadija bint Khuwaylid (556), Zainab bint Muhammad (600), Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567), Hafsa bint Umar (602), Zayd ibn Harithah (581), and Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603). After her are Juwayriyya bint al-Harith (608), Wahshi ibn Harb (700), Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607), Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh (580), Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr (631), and Abbad ibn Bishr (606).

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