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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

`Abdu'l-Bahá

1844 - 1921

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ʻAbdu'l-Bahá (; Persian: عبد البهاء‎, 23 May 1844 – 28 November 1921), born ʻAbbás (Persian: عباس), was the eldest son of Baháʼu'lláh and served as head of the Baháʼí Faith from 1892 until 1921. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá was later canonized as the last of three "central figures" of the religion, along with Baháʼu'lláh and the Báb, and his writings and authenticated talks are regarded as sources of Baháʼí sacred literature. He was born in Tehran to an aristocratic family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of `Abdu'l-Bahá has received more than 371,563 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). `Abdu'l-Bahá is the 805th most popular religious figure (up from 815th in 2019), the 125th most popular biography from Iran (up from 128th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

`Abdu'l-Bahá is most famous for being the son of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. He was a prominent member of the Bahá'í Faith and was appointed as the head of the religion by his father.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, `Abdu'l-Bahá ranks 805 out of 2,238. Before him are Charles Spurgeon, Nahor, son of Serug, Juliana of Nicomedia, Catherine of Vadstena, Odile of Alsace, and Francisco Álvarez Martínez. After him are Jean-Louis Tauran, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo, Maron, Frederick Fleet, Archduke Rudolf of Austria, and Stanislaus of Szczepanów.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, `Abdu'l-Bahá ranks 27. Before him are Muhammad Ahmad, Friedrich Miescher, Abdur Rahman Khan, Ismail Qemali, Charles-Marie Widor, and Charles-Émile Reynaud. After him are Karl Lueger, Julius Wellhausen, Sophia Tolstaya, Saitō Hajime, Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, and Henry J. Heinz. Among people deceased in 1921, `Abdu'l-Bahá ranks 21. Before him are Henrietta Swan Leavitt, Antoni Grabowski, Alexander Blok, Engelbert Humperdinck, William II of Württemberg, and Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil. After him are Julius Richard Petri, Ignác Goldziher, Eugen Dühring, Robert de Montesquiou, Karl von Bülow, and Fernand Khnopff.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, `Abdu'l-Bahá ranks 125 out of 528. Before him are Artavasdes II of Armenia (-100), Ibn al-Muqaffa' (724), Mehran Karimi Nasseri (1942), Istakhri (850), Sasan (200), and Suleiman of Persia (1647). After him are Abu Hanifa Dinawari (815), Karim Khan Zand (1705), Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar (1853), Ebrahim Raisi (1960), Sultan Husayn (1668), and Arsaces I of Parthia (-280).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, `Abdu'l-Bahá ranks 13. Before him are Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Mordecai (null), and Sasan (200). After him are Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), Al-Juwayni (1028), Anastasius of Persia (550), Al-Bayhaqi (994), Sufyan al-Thawri (716), and Ibn Babawayh (918).

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