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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Uwais al-Qarani has received more than 358,917 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Uwais al-Qarani is the 426th most popular religious figure (down from 393rd in 2019), the most popular biography from Yemen 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.

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  • 360k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Uwais al-Qarani ranks 426 out of 2,238. Before him are Pope Valentine, Saint Sava, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, Paul of Thebes, Abd Allah ibn Abbas, and Maximus the Confessor. After him are Abu Dawood, Salome, Januarius, Pope Celestine II, Thomas à Kempis, and Pope John IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 594, Uwais al-Qarani ranks 2. Before him is Zubayr ibn al-Awam. After him are Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, Maymunah bint al-Harith, Empress Kōgyoku, and Suintila. Among people deceased in 657, Uwais al-Qarani ranks 3. Before him are Salman the Persian and Pope Eugene I. After him are Clovis II, Ammar ibn Yasir, Grimoald the Elder, and Talorgan I.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Uwais al-Qarani ranks 1 out of 21. After him are Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947), Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945), Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (600), Malik al-Ashtar (585), Miqdad ibn Aswad (589), Mukesh Ambani (1957), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), Muhammad al-Badr (1926), Tawakkol Karman (1979), Abu Muhammad al-Hasan al-Hamdani (893), and Ahmad bin Yahya (1891).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Yemen

Among religious figures born in Yemen, Uwais al-Qarani ranks 1. After him are Malik al-Ashtar (585).

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