RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Uwais al-Qarani

594 - 657

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Owais al-Qarani (Arabic: أُوَيْس ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن جَزْء ٱبْن مَالِك ٱلْقَرَنِيّ, ʾUways ibn ʿĀmir ibn Jazʾ ibn Mālik al-Qaranī), also spelled Uways or Owais, was a Muslim from South Arabia who lived during the lifetime of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.Uwais al-Qarni Mosque in Raqqa (now in Syria) is his burial site, as he died during the Battle of Siffin there. It was destroyed by the Islamic State in 2013 and is currently awaiting reconstruction. Although he lived during the lifetime of Muhammad, he never physically met him so he is only honorarily counted among the Companions of the Prophet. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Uwais al-Qarani has received more than 358,250 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Uwais al-Qarani is the 471st most popular religious figure (down from 421st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Yemen (down from 1st in 2019) and the most popular Yemeni Religious Figure.

Uwais al-Qarani is most famous for his miraculous ability to survive without food or water for an extended period of time.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Uwais al-Qarani has had the most page views in the with 123,858 views, followed by Persian (51,715), and Indonesian (28,547). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Uyghur (378.63%), Albanian (101.91%), and Sundanese (42.97%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Uwais al-Qarani ranks 471 out of 3,187. Before him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Saint Maurice, Peter Lombard, Margaret Mary Alacoque, Baha-ud-Din Naqshband Bukhari, and Pope Eutychian. After him are Maya, Micah, Pope Stephen VIII, Antipope Benedict XIII, Alphonsus Liguori, and Thomas Becket.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 594, Uwais al-Qarani ranks 3. Before him are Zubayr ibn al-Awam, and Maymunah bint al-Harith. After him are Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, Empress Kōgyoku, and Suintila. Among people deceased in 657, Uwais al-Qarani ranks 4. Before him are Salman the Persian, Pope Eugene I, and Ammar ibn Yasir. After him are Clovis II, and Grimoald the Elder.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Uwais al-Qarani ranks 3 out of 35. Before him are Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947), and Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945). After him are Abdullah ibn Saba' (700), Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (600), Malik al-Ashtar (585), Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (1908), Miqdad ibn Aswad (589), Rashad al-Alimi (1954), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), Mukesh Ambani (1957), and Muhammad al-Badr (1926).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Yemen

Among religious figures born in Yemen, Uwais al-Qarani ranks 1. After him are Abdullah ibn Saba' (700), and Malik al-Ashtar (585).

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