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Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad

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Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad (Arabic: عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ, romanized: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād) was the Umayyad governor of Basra, Kufa and Khurasan during the reigns of caliphs Mu'awiya I (r. 661–680) and Yazid I (r. 680–683), and the leading general of the Umayyad army under caliphs Marwan I (r. 684–685) and Abd al-Malik (r. 685–705). He virtually inherited the governorships from his father Ziyad ibn Abihi after the latter's death in 673. During Ubayd Allah's governorship, he suppressed Kharijite and Alid revolts. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad has received more than 463,380 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad is the 338th most popular military personnel (up from 404th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 85th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iraqi Military Personnel.

Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad was the governor of Iraq and the commander of the Muslim army in the Battle of Karbala. He is most famous for ordering the death of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of Muhammad, and his family and followers in Karbala.

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  • 20

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  • 4.38

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  • 2.14

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad has had the most page views in the with 150,519 views, followed by Persian (127,034), and English (89,502). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Somali (4,350.00%), (77.32%), and Uyghur (76.47%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad ranks 338 out of 2,058. Before him are Kul Tigin, Thomas the Slav, Ishida Mitsunari, Emilio De Bono, Wilhelm Bittrich, and Yamagata Aritomo. After him are Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Kim Philby, Italo Gariboldi, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, and Eduard Dietl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 648, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad ranks 1. After him is Emperor Kōbun. Among people deceased in 685, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad ranks 4. Before him are Marwan I, Pope Benedict II, and Constantine IV. After him are Anania Shirakatsi, Catald, Ecgfrith of Northumbria, and Hlothhere of Kent.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad ranks 78 out of 384. Before him are Berossus (-400), Urukagina (-2500), Abdul Rahman Arif (1916), Al-Baladhuri (806), Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935), and Abdul Salam Arif (1921). After him are Al-Muqtadir (895), Nahor, son of Serug (-1912), Muhammad al-Shaybani (750), Sargon I (-1900), Al-Muntasir (837), and Shamshi-Adad I (-1860).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Iraq

Among military personnels born in Iraq, Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad ranks 3. Before him are Ahmad Sanjar (1100), and Qutayba ibn Muslim (668). After him are Surena (-84), Mahmud Shevket Pasha (1856), Abu Ali al-Anbari (1957), Abu Azrael (1978), and Juba (1978).

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