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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Zayd ibn Thabit

615 - 665

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Zāyd bin Thābit bin al-Ḍaḥḥāk (Arabic: زيد بن ثابت, romanized: Zayd ibn Thābit) was the personal scribe of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, serving as the chief recorder of the Quranic text. He hailed from the ansar (helpers), later joined the ranks of the Muslim army at age 19. After Muhammad's passing in 632, he was ordered to collect the Quran into a single volume from various written and oral sources. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zayd ibn Thabit has received more than 384,302 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Zayd ibn Thabit is the 598th most popular religious figure (down from 582nd in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 73rd in 2019) and the 36th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Zayd ibn Thabit is most famous for being a scribe of the Qur'an.

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  • 380k

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  • 65.29

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Zayd ibn Thabit ranks 598 out of 2,238Before him are Francis of Paola, Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair, Muhammad al-Jawad, Ruqayyah bint Muhammad, Maria al-Qibtiyya, and Saint Casimir. After him are Pope Eusebius, Pope Vigilius, Fatima al-Fihri, Ali al-Hadi, Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, and Pope Alexander II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 615, Zayd ibn Thabit ranks 1After him are Usama ibn Zayd and Begga. Among people deceased in 665, Zayd ibn Thabit ranks 2Before him is Kubrat. After him is Fructuosus of Braga.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Zayd ibn Thabit ranks 79 out of 251Before him are Ammar ibn Yasir (570), Muadh ibn Jabal (600), Hasan al-Askari (846), Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680), Muhammad al-Jawad (811), and Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (598). After him are Ali al-Hadi (829), Muhammad bin Qasim (695), Talal of Jordan (1909), Hind bint Utbah (510), Zayd ibn Ali (695), and Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Zayd ibn Thabit ranks 36Before him are Ammar ibn Yasir (570), Muadh ibn Jabal (600), Hasan al-Askari (846), Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680), Muhammad al-Jawad (811), and Ruqayyah bint Muhammad (598). After him are Ali al-Hadi (829), Hind bint Utbah (510), Zayd ibn Ali (695), Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah (637), Abu Dhar al-Ghifari (600), and Hashim ibn Abd Manaf (464).