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Zainab bint Muhammad

600 - 629

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Zainab bint Muhammad (Arabic: زَيْنَب بِنْت مُحَمَّد)‎ (598/599–629 CE) was the eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by his first wife Khadijah. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zainab bint Muhammad has received more than 1,343,004 page views. Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Zainab bint Muhammad is the 47th most popular companion (up from 114th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 62nd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Saudi Arabian Companion.

Zainab bint Muhammad is most famous for being the daughter of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam. She is also known for being the wife of Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth caliph of Islam.

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  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.32

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Zainab bint Muhammad ranks 47 out of 784. Before her are Salman the Persian, Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Anne of Cleves, Désirée Clary, and Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon. After her are Elizabeth of York, Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib, Priscilla Presley, Dinah, Hafsa bint Umar, and Queen Anne-Marie of Greece.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Zainab bint Muhammad ranks 4. Before her are Abu Hurairah, Samo, and Pope Eugene I. After her are Jordanes, Musaylimah, Abdullah ibn Masud, Pope Vitalian, Bahira, Pope John IV, Abraha, and Maria al-Qibtiyya. Among people deceased in 629, Zainab bint Muhammad ranks 1. After her are Halimah bint Abi Dhuayb, Zayd ibn Harithah, Chlothar II, Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Shahrbaraz, 'Abd Allah ibn Rawahah, Khosrow III, Al-A'sha, and Eochaid Buide.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Zainab bint Muhammad ranks 38 out of 354. Before her are Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (580), Zaynab bint Jahsh (592), Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas (595), Abdullah I of Jordan (1882), Marwan I (623), and Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr (624). After her are Umar II (682), Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567), Amr ibn Hishām (570), Hafsa bint Umar (602), Abd Allah ibn Abbas (619), and Ali al-Ridha (770).

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Among COMPANIONS In Saudi Arabia

Among companions born in Saudi Arabia, Zainab bint Muhammad ranks 4. Before her are Fatimah (604), Aisha (605), and Khadija bint Khuwaylid (556). After her are Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (567), Hafsa bint Umar (602), Zayd ibn Harithah (581), Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (603), Sawda bint Zamʿa (589), Juwayriyya bint al-Harith (608), Wahshi ibn Harb (700), and Jabir ibn Abd Allah (607).

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