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 377,083 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Zayd ibn Thabit is the 548th most popular religious figure (up from 593rd in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (down from 79th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

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

Memorability Metrics

  • 380k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Zayd ibn Thabit has had the most page views in the with 71,733 views, followed by English (61,378), and Indonesian (24,447). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Bashkir (266.41%), Somali (168.92%), and Egyptian Arabic (89.71%)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Zayd ibn Thabit ranks 548 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Stephen II, Hind bint Utbah, Penitent thief, Simon Magus, Pope Boniface II, and Antipope Clement VII. After him are Meritaten, William Laud, Saint Timothy, Truganini, Pope Telesphorus, and Josemaría Escrivá.

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Contemporaries

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

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Zayd ibn Thabit ranks 81 out of 354. Before him are Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594), Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680), Abbas ibn Ali (647), Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), and Hind bint Utbah (510). After him are Mukhtar al-Thaqafi (622), Ali al-Hadi (829), Abdullah ibn Muhammad (600), Zayd ibn Ali (695), Muadh ibn Jabal (600), and Umm Kulthum bint Ali (630).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Zayd ibn Thabit ranks 38. Before him are Ramla bint Abi Sufyan (594), Mus‘ab ibn 'Umair (680), Abbas ibn Ali (647), Ibrahim ibn Muhammad (630), Ja'far ibn Abi Talib (589), and Hind bint Utbah (510). After him are Ali al-Hadi (829), Abdullah ibn Muhammad (600), Zayd ibn Ali (695), Muadh ibn Jabal (600), Umm Kulthum bint Ali (630), and Qasim ibn Muhammad (598).

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