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.
241–360 of 607
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Al-Mustansir Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95 -
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i Chief Justice of the Islamic Republic of Iran and former Co-Interim Supreme Leader of Iran in 2026
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Harun Islamic prophet -
Lot in Islam Islamic prophet mentioned in the Qurʼān -
Muadh ibn Jabal 7th-century companion (Sahabi) of Muhammad -
Sabuktigin Founder of the Ghaznavid Empire (c.942–997) -
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah Second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946 -
Az-Zahir Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad (r. 1225–1226) -
Sidi Boushaki Algerian theologian, exeget, linguist and sufi - Zayd ibn Ali Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
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Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi Indian Islamic scholar and reformer, regarded as a founder of the Barelvi movement (1856–1921) -
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935) -
Muhammad I of Granada First ruler of the Emirate of Granada from c. 1232 to 1273 - Shabestari Iranian poet
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Sufyan al-Thawri Islamic scholar and founder of Thawri Madhhab (716–778) -
Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din Imam (1869–1948) -
Zeki Velidi Togan Turkish historian and Turkologist (1890–1970) -
Abdullah ibn Mubarak Islamic hadith Scholar and jurist (726–797) -
Al-Aziz Billah Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996 -
Al-Hafiz Fatimid Dynasty caliph from 1132 to 1149 -
Baba Farid 12th-century Punjabi Sunni Muslim preacher and mystic -
Hind bint Utbah Wife of Abu Sufyan -
Mahmoud al-Zahar Palestinian politician and physician; co-founder of Hamas -
Mohammad Beheshti Iranian cleric, one of the leading figures of the 1979 Iranian Revolution (1928–1981) -
Morteza Motahhari Iranian politician (1919-1979) -
Sheikh Mansur Military general and politician (1760-1794) -
Umm Kulthum bint Ali Granddaughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad -
Yunus Prophet of Islam -
Zayd ibn Thabit Arabic scribe and Qur'anic collator (c.610-c.660) -
'Adud al-Dawla Buyid dynasty emir (936-983) -
Abd al-Rahman al-Awza'i Muslim scholar, jurist, and theologian (707–774) -
Al Sayed Musa al-Sadr Lebanese Shiite jurist and political activist -
Al-Mansur Billah Fatimid ruler from 946 to 953 and 13th Ismaili Imam - Al-Waqidi Muslim historian and biographer of Muhammad (c.747-823)
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Ali az-Zahir Fatimid dynasty caliph from 1021 to 1036 -
John the Baptist in Islam Son of Zechariah -
Qasim ibn Muhammad Son of Muhammad and Khadijah bint Khuwaylid -
Safi-ad-din Ardabili Poet, mystic, teacher and Sufi master -
Al-Mustadi Mûstadhî (Abbasi) (1142-1180) -
Elijah in Islam Prophet in Islam -
Ibn al-Khatib Andalusi polymath, poet and historian (1313–1374) -
Isaac in Islam The second son of Abraham in islam -
Job in Islam One of the prophets in Islam -
Muhammad al-Shaybani Arab jurist and a disciple of Abu Hanifa (749/50–805) -
Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei Iranian Shia cleric, philosopher, jurist and mystic -
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700) -
Sayyid Muhammad bin ʿAli al-Sanusi Libyan scholar - Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh Companion (Sahabi) of Muhammad
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Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad One of the sons Muhammad and Khadija -
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah Fatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130) -
Judaism · Christianity Lot's wife Person mentioned in the biblical Book of Genesis -
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001) -
Nizamuddin Auliya One of the most prominent Indian Sufi Saint, lived most of his life around Delhi. Spiritual guide to Amir Khusrau - Şah Huban Sultan Daughter of Sultan Selim I and Ayşe Hafşa Sultan.
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Said bin Sultan Al Busaidi Sultan of Muscat and Oman (1791–1856) -
Sherin Khankan Danish iman and women's rights activist -
Suhayb ar-Rumi Companion of Muhammad -
Abd Allah ibn Ja'far Companion of Muhammad -
Aga Khan II Member of the Iranian royal family. -
Al-Bayhaqi 11th-century Islamic hadith compiler -
Al-Juwayni Muslim scholar and theologian (1028–1085) - Ali Hujwiri Sufi mystic
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Ibrahim Aghlab Aghlabid emir of Ifriqiya Tunisia (756-812) -
Idris II Idrisid ruler from 803 to 828 - Isma'il ibn Jafar Sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
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Judaism · Christianity Jacob Frank Polish-Jewish religious leader -
Jacob in Islam Prophet and son of Isaac in Islam -
Muhammad al-Badr King and Imam (1926/1929-1996) -
Muhammad ʿAbdallah Hasan Emir of Diiriye Guure and his Dervish Kingdom (1856-1920) -
Shaykh Saduq Buyid shiite scholar -
Urwah ibn Zubayr Muslim jurist and scholar (644-713) -
Wasil ibn Ata Muslim theologian - Abd al-Karīm ibn Hawāzin Qushayri Theologian
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Abdul Aziz al-Hakim Iraqi politician (1953-2009) -
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928) - Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi Iraqi Islamic State leader (died 2022)
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Ahmad al-Tayyeb Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt -
Bahāʾ al-dīn al-ʿĀmilī Iranian Shia Islamic scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet -
Fātima bint Mūsā Daughter of the Seventh Twelver Imam -
Hakim al-Nishaburi Iranian historian -
Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri Arab jurist, scholar and traditionist (677/78-741/42) -
Moaz Khatib Syrian politician -
Saud Al-Shuraim Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram -
Seyran Ateş Turkish-German attorney (born 1963) -
Christianity Vakhtang VI of Kartli King of Kartli -
Abu al-Qasim Khoei Iranian Islamic scholar -
Abul Hasan ash-Shadhili Founder of the Shadhili order - Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid Iraqi Twelver Shia theologian (c. 948–1022)
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Asma bint Umays Companion of Muhammad -
Ibn Asakir Islamic scholar and historian (1105–1176) -
Kadir Topbaş 5th Mayor of Istanbul Metropolitan City (1945–2021) -
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Iranian Ayatollah (1931–2014) - Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi Medieval Arab mathematician
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Iranian traditions Adi ibn Musafir Yazidi saint -
Aga Khan I Politician (1800–1881) -
Ahmad bin Yahya Imam (1891-1962) -
Ghazi Muhammad Imam of Dagestan (1795–1832) - Hussein al-Houthi Yemeni Zaidi religious leader (1959–2004)
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Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi Iranian Ayatollah (1948–2018) -
Rahim Aga Khan 50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971) -
Sadegh Larijani Iranian cleric and politician (born 1963) - Sajah 7th-century Arab Christian self-declared prophetess
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Judaism Sarmad Kashani Persian mystic, poet and saint -
Sharif Radhi Iraqi poet and Shia Muslim scholar (970 – 1015) -
Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan 7th-century Arab military commander -
Zechariah in Islam Prophet of Islam -
Abdul Rashid Ghazi Pakistani fundamentalist - Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi Persian Muslim scholar (c. 1145 – 1234)
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Abu Hudhayfah ibn Utbah A companion of Muhammad -
Ahmad Dahlan Indonesian Islamic revivalist (1868-1923) -
Ahmad Ghazali Iranian theologian and writer - Ashraf Ali Thanwi Indian Muslim scholar (1863–1943)
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Dawud al-Zahiri Islamic scholar -
Elisha in Islam Prophet of Islam -
Hussain Ahmad Madani Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar -
Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh Muhaddith and Hafiz (0778-0853) -
Jibril Angel in Islam; cognate to the Judeo-Christian Gabriel -
Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun Emir of Egypt from 884 to 896 -
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad Islamic scholar - Nizar Rayan Hamas leader (1959-2009)
Islam
Schools of law and theology, the scholars who transmitted them, and the places they taught.