682 - 720
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz (Arabic: عمر بن عبد العزيز, romanized: ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; 2 November 680 – c. 5 February 720), commonly known as Umar II (عمر الثاني), was the eighth Umayyad caliph. He made various significant contributions and reforms to the society, and he has been described as and was often called the first Mujaddid and fifth th righteous caliph of Islam.He was also a cousin of the former caliph, being the son of Abd al-Malik's younger brother, Abd al-Aziz. He was also a matrilineal great-grandson of the second caliph, Umar ibn Al-Khattab. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Umar II has received more than 1,015,547 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Umar II is the 625th most popular politician (down from 522nd in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 20th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Saudi Arabian Politician.
Umar II was the second caliph of the Umayyad dynasty. He is most famous for his expansion of the Islamic empire into North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
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Among politicians, Umar II ranks 625 out of 15,577. Before him are Amenhotep I, Chandragupta Maurya, Catiline, Nurhaci, Elena Ceaușescu, and George I of Greece. After him are Gustaf V of Sweden, Sennacherib, Sargon II, Sviatoslav I of Kiev, Grigory Potemkin, and Licinius.
1530 BC - 1503 BC
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 619
340 BC - 297 BC
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 620
109 BC - 62 BC
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 621
1559 - 1626
HPI: 72.10
Rank: 622
1916 - 1989
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 623
1845 - 1913
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 624
682 - 720
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 625
1858 - 1950
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 626
740 BC - 681 BC
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 627
750 BC - 705 BC
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 628
942 - 972
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 629
1739 - 1791
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 630
263 - 325
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 631
Among people born in 682, Umar II ranks 1. Among people deceased in 720, Umar II ranks 2. Before him is Tariq ibn Ziyad. After him are Odile of Alsace and Fujiwara no Fuhito.
670 - 720
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 1
682 - 720
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 2
662 - 720
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3
659 - 720
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 4
Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Umar II ranks 24 out of 251. Before him are Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), Ibn Saud (1875), Ja'far al-Sadiq (702), Malik ibn Anas (711), Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646), and Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703). After him are Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (539), Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), Abd al-Muttalib (497), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), Marwan I (623), and Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659).
548 - 570
HPI: 74.33
Rank: 18
1875 - 1953
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 19
702 - 765
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 20
711 - 795
HPI: 73.21
Rank: 21
646 - 705
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 22
1703 - 1792
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 23
682 - 720
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 24
539 - 619
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 25
580 - 641
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 26
497 - 578
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 27
594 - 656
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 28
623 - 685
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 29
659 - 713
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 30
Among politicians born in Saudi Arabia, Umar II ranks 8. Before him are Uthman (574), Salman of Saudi Arabia (1935), Muawiyah I (603), Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924), Ibn Saud (1875), and Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (646). After him are Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), Zubayr ibn al-Awam (594), Marwan I (623), Abū Lahab (549), Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906), and Fahd of Saudi Arabia (1921).
574 - 656
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 2
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 3
603 - 680
HPI: 75.97
Rank: 4
1924 - 2015
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 5
1875 - 1953
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 6
646 - 705
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 7
682 - 720
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 8
580 - 641
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 9
594 - 656
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 10
623 - 685
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 11
549 - 624
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 12
1906 - 1975
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 13
1921 - 2005
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 14