1753 - 1826
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 Muslim 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 101,200 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Shaykh Ahmad is the 1,569th most popular religious figure (down from 1,391st in 2019), the 147th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 135th in 2019) and the 61st most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 1,569 out of 2,238. Before him are Yitzhak Kaduri, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Pietro Riario, Henri Schwery, Jerzy Radziwiłł, and Antony II of Constantinople. After him are Gan Ji, Franjo Šeper, Stephen Pongracz, Joseph Butler, Sigfrid of Sweden, and Mary Ward.
1898 - 2006
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 1,563
1889 - 1940
HPI: 53.51
Rank: 1,564
1447 - 1474
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 1,565
1932 - 2021
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 1,566
1556 - 1600
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 1,567
829 - 901
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 1,568
1753 - 1826
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 1,569
101 - 200
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 1,570
1905 - 1981
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 1,571
1582 - 1619
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 1,572
1692 - 1752
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 1,573
1000 - 1045
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 1,574
1585 - 1645
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 1,575
Among people born in 1753, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 19. Before him are Samuel Crompton, Franz Karl Achard, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Jean Jacques Régis de Cambacérès, Josef Dobrovský, and Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg. After him are Countess Palatine Maria Anna of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Ludwig von Cobenzl, Matvei Platov, Princess Joséphine of Lorraine, and William Nicholson. Among people deceased in 1826, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 27. Before him are Clarke Abel, Johann Baptist von Spix, Jean Lafitte, François-Joseph Talma, Marie-Guillemine Benoist, and Johann Peter Hebel. After him are John Flaxman, Christian Kramp, Pavel Pestel, Anton Walter, Fyodor Rostopchin, and Jens Baggesen.
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 13
1753 - 1821
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 14
1753 - 1809
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 15
1753 - 1824
HPI: 59.10
Rank: 16
1753 - 1829
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 17
1753 - 1829
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 18
1753 - 1826
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 19
1753 - 1824
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 20
1753 - 1798
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 21
1753 - 1809
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 22
1753 - 1818
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 23
1753 - 1797
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 24
1753 - 1815
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 25
1780 - 1826
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 21
1781 - 1826
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 22
1776 - 1826
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 23
1763 - 1826
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 24
1768 - 1826
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 25
1760 - 1826
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 26
1753 - 1826
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 27
1755 - 1826
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 28
1760 - 1826
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 29
1793 - 1826
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 30
1752 - 1826
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 31
1763 - 1826
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 32
1764 - 1826
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 33
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 147 out of 251. Before him are Sultan bin Salman Al Saud (1956), Muhammad bin Nayef (1959), Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud (1944), Mohammad bin Salman (1985), Abdulaziz bin Muhammad Al Saud (1721), and Nimr al-Nimr (1959). After him are Al-Khayzuran (701), Saud bin Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1940), Saad Hariri (1970), Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais (1960), Bandar bin Sultan Al Saud (1949), and Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (1931).
1956 - Present
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 141
1959 - Present
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 142
1944 - 1975
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 143
1985 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 144
1721 - 1803
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 145
1959 - 2016
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 146
1753 - 1826
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 147
701 - 789
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 148
1940 - 2015
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 149
1970 - Present
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 150
1960 - Present
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 151
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 152
1931 - 2018
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 153
Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Shaykh Ahmad ranks 61. Before him are Abu Darda (580), Fatimah bint Musa (790), Saleh Al-Fawzan (1933), Muhammad ibn al-Uthaymeen (1925), Abu Dujana (null), and 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah (null). After him are Saud Al-Shuraim (1964) and Rahaf Mohammed (2000).
580 - 653
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 55
790 - 816
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 56
1933 - Present
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 57
1925 - 2001
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 58
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 59
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 60
1753 - 1826
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 61
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 62
2000 - Present
HPI: 26.42
Rank: 63