Directory 607 of 7,622 figures
Figures — Islam
Figures in Islam
Arabia, North Africa, the Near East, South and Southeast Asia and beyond, 7th century CE to the present.
121–240 of 607
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Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik Umayyad caliph -
Aga Khan IV 49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims -
Nasir Khusraw 11th-century Persian Isma'ili poet, scholar, philosopher, and missionary -
Ibn Kathir Syrian Islamic historian, exegete and scholar (c.1300–1373) - Reza Hosseini Nassab Iranian grand ayatollah
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Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas Muslim general (c. 595 – 674) -
Zaynab bint Jahsh Cousin and seventh wife of Muhammad (c. 590–641) -
Abu Dharr al-Ghifari Companion of Muhammad (died 652) -
Al-Mu'tasim 8th Abbasid Caliph. (r. 833–842) -
Christianity Maria al-Qibtiyya One of Muhammad's concubines -
Mohammad Hasan Akhund Prime Minister of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan -
Musa al-Kazim Seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE) -
Al-Mahdi 3rd Abbasid caliph (r. 775–785) -
Hussein bin Ali Sharif and Emir of Mecca, then King of Hejaz and Sharifian Caliph (1854–1931) -
Muhammad al-Baqir Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams -
Umm Salama Muhammad's sixth wife (c. 596 – 667/683) -
Zaynab bint Ali Daughter of Ali ibn Abi Talib and Fatimah bint Muhammad (626-682)
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Judaism Sabbatai Zevi Mystic, rabbis -
Shams Tabrizi Spiritual instructor of Mewlānā Rumi -
Shuayb Prophet narrated in the Quran -
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab Companion of Muhammad and authority in hadith and law (c.610-693) -
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah 6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam -
Judaism · Christianity Eber Great-grandson of Noah's son Shem -
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik Tenth Umayyad caliph -
Sawda bint Zamʿa Second wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad -
Talha ibn Ubaydullah Arab Muslim military commander (c.594-656) -
Zaynab bint Khuzayma Muhammad's fifth wife (c. 596–625) -
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani 9th-century Persian Hadith compiler -
Al-Mutawakkil 10th Abbasid caliph (822–861, r. 847–861) -
Fakhr al-Din al-Razi 12th-century Sunni Muslim theologian and philosopher -
Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani Egyptian Islamic scholar (1372–1449) -
Muhammad al-Mahdi Twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam -
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan Muhammad's ninth wife (c. 589/594 – 664) -
Dhu'l-Kifl Prophet mentioned in the Quran -
Henrik Wergeland Norwegian writer (1808–1845) -
Juwayriyya bint al-Harith Muhammad's eighth wife (c. 608–676) -
Maymunah bint al-Harith Muhammad's eleventh wife (c. 594–671) -
Moses in Islam One of the most important prophets in Islam -
Noah in Islam Prophet in Islam -
Qutb-ud-din Aibak Founded of the Mamluk Dynasty (1150-1210) -
Judaism Safiyya bint Huyayy The tenth wife of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad -
Said Nursî Turkish Sunni Muslim theologian of Kurdish origin (1876-1960) -
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya Syrian Islamic jurist, theologian and spiritual writer (1292-1350) -
Yazid II Umayyad caliph -
Yazid III Umayyad caliph in 744 -
Adam in Islam First man and Prophet in Islam -
Aga Khan III 48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community (1877-1957) -
Al-Muqtadir The eighteenth Abbasid Caliph -
Al-Wathiq 9th Abbasid Caliph (r. 812–847) -
Fatima al-Fihriya Legendary founder of the al-Qarawiyyin mosque -
Inayat Khan Founder of the Sufi Order in the West in 1914 and teacher of Universal Sufism -
Ruqayya bint Muhammad Daughter of Muhammad - Al-Mu'tadid 16th Abbasid Caliph from 892 to 902
- Al-Mu'tamid Abbasid Caliph from 870 to 892
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Anas ibn Malik Companion (Sahabi) of Muhammad -
Anwar al-Awlaki American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011) -
Hasan al-Askari Eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams -
Khoja Akhmet Yassawi Sufi Poet -
Judaism Rayhana bint Zayd ibn ʿAmr Muhammad's concubine or twelfth wife (d. 631) -
Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi Palestinian political leader (1947–2004) -
Ali al-Hadi Tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868) -
Judaism · Christianity Kenan Biblical figure, son of Enos, grandson of Seth, great grandson of Adam and Eve -
Muhammad al-Jawad Ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism -
Ashraf Pahlavi Iranian royal (1919–2016) -
Hussein-Ali Montazeri Cleric and Deputy Supreme Leader of Iran from 1985 to 1989 -
Ibrahim ibn al-Walid Umayyad caliph in 744 - Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti Egyptian polymath, historian, sufi and jurist (1445–1505)
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Zainab bint Muhammad Eldest daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad -
Al-Muntasir 11th Abbasid caliph from 861 to 862 -
Bayazid Bastami 9th century Persian Sufi mystic -
Dhu'l-Qarnayn Figure in the Quran -
Abd al-Mu'min First Caliph of the Almohads -
Al-Dhahabi Syrian Islamic historian and Hadith scholar (1274–1348) -
Al-Qahir The nineteenth Abbasid Caliph -
Mesopotamia and the Levant · Judaism · Christianity Jethro Biblical character, father-in-law of Moses -
Muhammad Rashid Rida Syrian Muslim scholar and reformer (1865-1935) -
Sultan bin Abdulaziz Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Second deputy prime minister, and the minister of defense (1928-2011) -
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais Imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca -
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934 -
Abu Yusuf Arab Muslim Scholar and jurist (died 798) -
Al-Mu'tazz Abbasid Caliph of Baghdad from 866 to 869 -
David in Islam Prophet and king in Islam -
Ismail Abraham's first son, who was to be offered as a sacrifice; later, an ancestor to Muhammad -
Louis Farrakhan American religious (born 1935), leader of Nation of Islam (since 1981) -
Muhammad Shaybani The founder of Shaybanid Dynasty, Khanate of Bukhara -
Abu Mansur al-Maturidi Persian Muslim theologian (853–944) -
Al-Maqrizi Egyptian historian (1364–1442) - Al-Musta'in 12th Abbasid caliph (r. 862–866)
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Al-Nasir Abbasid caliph (1158-1225) -
Dara Shikoh Indian prince - Hacı I Giray Khan of Crimea
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Khwaja Abdullah Ansari 11th-century Sufi scholar and saint -
Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn al-Albānī Albanian Islamic scholar (1914–1999) -
Mulla Sadra 17th-century Iranian Shia philosopher and theologian -
Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Saudi Arabian former crown prince -
Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad Daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad -
Abd al-Malik al-Houthi Leader of the Ansar Allah since 2004 -
Abu Musa al-Ash'ari Companion (Sahabi) of Muhammad -
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah 4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975) - Al-Mustakfi The twenty-second Abbasid caliph
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Ibrahim ibn Muhammad Youngest son of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (630–632) -
Joseph in Islam Prophet and son of Jacob in Islam -
Junayd of Baghdad Persian Islamic mystic and Sufi saint (830–910) -
Mu'in al-Din Chishti Persian Sufi Chishtiyya order mystic (1143–1236) - Muhammad bin Saud Founder of the Emirate of Diriyah and the Al Saud dynasty (1687–1765)
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Judaism · Christianity Potiphar Biblical person in the Book of Genesis's account of Joseph -
Judaism · Christianity Salah Ancestor of Abraham according to Genesis in Hebrew Bible, son of Arpachshad or Cainan -
Shayatin Demon or devil in Islam - Abd al-Aziz Ibn Baz Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar and mufti (1912–1999)
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Ahmad ibn Tulun Emir of Egypt and Syria from 868 to 884 -
Ahmad Sirhindi Philosopher (1564-1624) -
Al-Muktafi The seventeenth Abbasid Caliph -
Baha' al-Din Naqshband Muslim Saint and founder of Naqshbandi order (1318–1389) -
Haji Bektash Veli Anatolian Muslim mystic (1209–1271) -
Idris Ibn Abdallah Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791) -
Solomon in Islam Prophet, king and son of David in Islam - Sunjata Keïta Emperor of Mali
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Abbas ibn Ali Son of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (647-680) -
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi 16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate -
Al-Musta'li Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
Islam
Schools of law and theology, the scholars who transmitted them, and the places they taught.