RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Zayd ibn Ali

695 - 740

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Zayd ibn ʿAlī (Arabic: زيد بن علي; 695–740), also spelled Zaid, was the son of Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, and great-grandson of Ali ibn Abi Talib. He led an unsuccessful revolt against the Umayyad Caliphate, in which he died. The event gave rise to the Zaydiyya sect of Shia Islam, which holds him as the next Imam after his father Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-Abidin. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zayd ibn Ali has received more than 573,239 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Zayd ibn Ali is the 573rd most popular religious figure (up from 663rd in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 84th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Zayd ibn Ali is most famous for being the grandson of the fourth caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib and for his role in the Battle of Karbala.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Zayd ibn Ali ranks 573 out of 3,187. Before him are Guru Gobind Singh, Jephthah, Pope Hyginus, Junayd of Baghdad, Pope Romanus, and Pope Eleutherius. After him are Sabbas the Sanctified, Saint Giles, Pope John VII, Rabanus Maurus, Dōgen, and Yasuke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 695, Zayd ibn Ali ranks 1. After him are Muhammad bin Qasim, Achila II, Emperor Shang of Tang, Childebrand I, and Ceolwulf of Northumbria. Among people deceased in 740, Zayd ibn Ali ranks 1. After him are Andrew of Crete, Meng Haoran, Wu Daozi, and Æthelheard of Wessex.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Zayd ibn Ali ranks 85 out of 354. Before him are Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), Hind bint Utbah (510), Zayd ibn Thabit (615), Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (622), Ali al-Hadi (829), and Abdullah ibn Muhammad (600). After him are Muadh ibn Jabal (600), Umm Kulthum bint Ali (630), Muhammad bin Qasim (695), Qasim ibn Muhammad (598), Juwayriyya bint al-Harith (608), and Abu Dhar al-Ghifari (600).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Zayd ibn Ali ranks 41. Before him are Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), Hind bint Utbah (510), Zayd ibn Thabit (615), Ali al-Hadi (829), and Abdullah ibn Muhammad (600). After him are Muadh ibn Jabal (600), Umm Kulthum bint Ali (630), Qasim ibn Muhammad (598), Abu Dhar al-Ghifari (600), Sa'id bin Zayd (593), and Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637).

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