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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Shaykh Tusi

995 - 1067

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Shaykh Tusi (Persian: شیخ طوسی), full name Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi (Arabic: ابو جعفر محمد بن الحسن الطوسي, romanized: Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī), known as Shaykh al-Ta'ifah (Arabic: شيخ الطائفة, romanized: Shaykh al-Ṭāʾifah) was a prominent Persian scholar of the Twelver school of Shia Islam. He was known as the "sheikh of the sect (shaikh al-ta'ifah)", author of two of the four main Shi'i books of hadith, Tahdhib al-Ahkam and al-Istibsar, and is believed to have founded the hawza. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shaykh Tusi has received more than 179,274 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Shaykh Tusi is the 1,133rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,099th in 2019), the 175th most popular biography from Iran (down from 174th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Shaykh Tusi ranks 1,133 out of 2,238Before him are Johann Arndt, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Paul Marcinkus, Maria Schicklgruber, Pope Peter I of Alexandria, and Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows. After him are Isidore of Pelusium, Cassian of Imola, Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Teobaldo Boccapecci, Arnold Janssen, and Saint Afra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 995, Shaykh Tusi ranks 2Before him is Cnut the Great. After him are Richeza of Lotharingia, Bernard II, Duke of Saxony, Muniadona of Castile, John Gualbert, Abu'l-Fadl Bayhaqi, Haakon Ericsson, Wipo of Burgundy, Herman III, Duke of Swabia, and Reginar V, Count of Mons. Among people deceased in 1067, Shaykh Tusi ranks 6Before him are Lady Godiva, Constantine X Doukas, Emperor Yingzong of Song, Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, and Sancha of León. After him are John Komnenos and Cai Xiang.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Shaykh Tusi ranks 175 out of 528Before him are Vologases VI (200), Abbas Mirza (1789), Shahrokh Shah (1734), Amytis of Media (-630), Vologases III of Parthia (100), and Mir-Hossein Mousavi (1942). After him are Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), 'Adud al-Dawla (936), Apama (-400), Shapour Bakhtiar (1914), Táhirih (1817), and Sinatruces of Parthia (-157).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Shaykh Tusi ranks 20Before him are Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), Al-Juwayni (1028), Anastasius of Persia (550), Al-Bayhaqi (994), Sufyan al-Thawri (716), and Ibn Babawayh (918). After him are Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Ibn Khuzayma (838), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), and Aga Khan II (1830).