MILITARY PERSONNEL

Usama ibn Zayd

615 - 678

Usama ibn Zayd

Usāma ibn Zayd (Arabic: أُسَامَة بن زَيْد) was an early Muslim and companion and adopted grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the son of Zayd ibn Harithah, Muhammad's freed slave, and Umm Ayman (Barakah), a servant of Muhammad.He got married to Fatima bint Qays after the Prophet Muhammad had suggested him to her upon her request for advice. Muhammad appointed Usama ibn Zayd as the commander of an expeditionary force which was to invade the region of Balqa in the Byzantine Empire to avenge the Muslim defeat at the Battle of Mu'tah, in which Usama's father and Muhammad's adopted son, Zayd ibn Harithah, had been killed. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Usama ibn Zayd has received more than 285,631 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Usama ibn Zayd is the 280th most popular military personnel (up from 378th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia and the 5th most popular Saudi Arabian Military Personnel.

Usama ibn Zayd was a Muslim military commander who was captured by the Byzantines during the Battle of Yarmouk. He was eventually released and became a military advisor to the Umayyad caliph, Abd al-Malik.

Memorability Metrics

290k
Page Views (PV)
64.39
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
26
Languages Editions (L)
4.92
Effective Languages (L*)
2.91
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Usama ibn Zayds by language

Over the past year Usama ibn Zayd has had the most page views in the Arabic wikipedia edition with 172,544 views, followed by English (47,424), and Turkish (14,254). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are (3,420.00%), Turkish (2,705.91%), and Hindi (279.70%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Usama ibn Zayd ranks 280 out of 2,058. Before him are Raimondo Montecuccoli, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Svetozar Boroević, Okita Sōji, and Werner Mölders. After him are Lothar Rendulic, Roman Shukhevych, Federico da Montefeltro, Titus Labienus, Nicolas Oudinot, and Maurice de Saxe.

Others Born in 615

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Zayd ibn Thabit
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
615 - 665
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1
Usama ibn Zayd
MILITARY PERSONNEL
615 - 678
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 2
Begga
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
615 - 693
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 3

Others Deceased in 678

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Aisha
COMPANION
605 - 678
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 1
Pope Donus
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
610 - 678
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 2
Usama ibn Zayd
MILITARY PERSONNEL
615 - 678
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 3

In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Usama ibn Zayd ranks 99 out of 354. Before him are Amr ibn al-As (580), Sa'id bin Zayd (593), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637), Muhammad al-Jawad (811), Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (576), and Wahshi ibn Harb (700). After him are Asmā' bint Abi Bakr (595), Uqba ibn Nafi (622), Al-Wathiq (812), Abdullah ibn Salam (550), Adnan Khashoggi (1935), and Abul Kalam Azad (1888).

Others born in Saudi Arabia

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Amr ibn al-As
MILITARY PERSONNEL
580 - 664
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 93
Sa'id bin Zayd
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
593 - 673
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 94
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
637 - 700
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 95
Muhammad al-Jawad
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
811 - 835
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 96
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari
POLITICIAN
576 - 674
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 97
Wahshi ibn Harb
COMPANION
700 - 660
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 98
Usama ibn Zayd
MILITARY PERSONNEL
615 - 678
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 99
Asmā' bint Abi Bakr
POLITICIAN
595 - 692
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 100
Uqba ibn Nafi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
622 - 683
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 101
Al-Wathiq
POLITICIAN
812 - 847
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 102
Abdullah ibn Salam
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
550 - 643
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 103
Adnan Khashoggi
BUSINESSPERSON
1935 - 2017
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 104
Abul Kalam Azad
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1958
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 105