RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Shaykh Ahmad

1753 - 1826

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Shaykh Ahmad bin Zayn al-Dín bin Ibráhím al-Ahsá'í (Arabic: شيخ أحمد بن زين الدين بن إبراهيم الأحسائي) (May 1753–27 June 1826), commonly known as Shaykh Ahmad or al-Ahsá'í, was a prominent Shia theologian and jurist who founded the influential Shaykhí school of Twelver Shiism, which attracted followers from throughout the Persian and Ottoman Empires. He was a native of the Al-Ahsa region (Eastern Arabian Peninsula), educated in Bahrain and the theological centres of Najaf and Karbala in Iraq. Spending the last twenty years of his life in Iran, he received the protection and patronage of princes of the Qajar dynasty. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shaykh Ahmad has received more than 109,266 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Shaykh Ahmad is the 1,574th most popular religious figure (down from 1,556th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 147th in 2019) and the 77th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

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  • 110k

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  • 55.04

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 1,574 out of 3,187. Before him are José Saraiva Martins, Ellen Church, William Levada, Hegesippus, Audrys Bačkis, and Alexander of Jerusalem. After him are Pelagio Galvani, Baba Sali, Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia, Olimpia Maidalchini, Moses Isserles, and Michael von Faulhaber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1753, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 20. Before him are Louis I, Grand Duke of Hesse, Samuel Crompton, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, Josef Dobrovský, and Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. After him are François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Charlotte Buff, Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Matvei Platov, Ludwig von Cobenzl, and Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux. Among people deceased in 1826, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 28. Before him are Friedrich Krupp, Johann Baptist von Spix, François-Joseph Talma, Nikolay Rumyantsev, Conrad Malte-Brun, and Jean Lafitte. After him are John Flaxman, Fyodor Rostopchin, Clarke Abel, Johann Peter Hebel, Georg Franz Hoffmann, and Claire Lacombe.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 190 out of 354. Before him are Adi ibn Hatim (550), Saeed Al-Owairan (1967), Nusaybah bint Ka'ab (null), Muhammad bin Nayef (1959), Umayya ibn Khalaf (null), and Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (1949). After him are Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr (null), Fadl ibn Abbas (614), Mohammad bin Salman (1985), Muhammad ibn Maslamah (589), Nafiʽ al-Madani (689), and Saad Hariri (1970).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 77. Before him are Asma bint Umais (null), Umamah bint Zainab (null), Lubaba bint al-Harith (593), Abu Dujana (null), Nusaybah bint Ka'ab (null), and Umayya ibn Khalaf (null). After him are Fadl ibn Abbas (614), Nafiʽ al-Madani (689), Uthman ibn Maz'un (null), Sharif Ali (1450), Al-Bara' ibn Azib (600), and Utba ibn Ghazwan (581).

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