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Figures in Islam
Arabia, North Africa, the Near East, South and Southeast Asia and beyond, 7th century CE to the present.
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Ordered by how many Wikipedias have an article on each — a measure of how widely a subject is written about, not of its importance to any tradition.
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Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan UN High Commissioner for Refugees (1933-2003) -
Queen Amina Hausa Muslim Warrior Queen of Zazzau - Sahl al-Tustari Arabian Sufi, Islamic theologian
- Saman Khuda Founder of the Samanid dynasty
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Shaykh Tusi Iranian scholar -
Wallace Fard Muhammad American Islamic minister -
Yahya ibn Ma'in Iraqi Muslim scholar (774–847) -
Ahmad al-Badawi 13th-century Moroccan founder of Badawiyyah Sufi order -
Al-Baghawi Persian Muslim Mufassir, hadith scholar and a Shafi`i faqih - Anushtegin Gharchai Khwarezmid ruler
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Ibn Abī Shaiba Islamic scholar -
Najmuddin Kubra Iranian sufi poet and philosopher -
Naser Makarem Shirazi Iranian Mujtahid and author - Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsi Muslim scholar
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Abd ar-Rahman ibn Nasir as-Sa'di Sunni Muslim scholar (1889–1957) -
Abdollah Javadi Amoli Iranian politician -
Abu al-Hassan al-Kharaqani Iranian Sufi (963–1033) -
Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi Andalusian judge and scholar (1076–1148)
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Hossein Borujerdi Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1875-1961) -
Maher al-Mu'aiqly Saudi imam -
Mahmud Hasan Deobandi Indian Muslim scholar and independence activist (1851–1920) -
Mamunul Haque Bangladeshi Islami politician And Deobandi scholars -
Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim Iraqi Shia Islamic scholar and politician (1939–2003) -
Muhammad al-Arifi Saudi Arabian author and Da'i -
Muhammad in Islam Muslims consider him a master, legislator and the last prophet of the prophets in Islam -
Muhammad Taqi Usmani Pakistani judge -
Shah Shuja Prince of the Mughal Empire/Governor of Bengal -
Sheikh Fazlollah Noori Iranian Shi'a theologian (1843–1909) - Sultan Walad Philosopher and poet of Persian origin, son of Jalal al-Din Rumi
- Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1765 to 1803
- Abu Bakr al-Kalabadhi Sufi Maturidi scholar and Hanafi jurist
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Abu Madyan Mystic -
Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq Marinid ruler from 1244 to 1258 - Ahmed ar-Rifa'i 6th-century founder of Rifa'i Sufi Order
- Al Khakim At Termizi Islamic studies scholar
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Al-Darimi Hadith compiler, author of "Sunan" - Al-Husayn I ibn Ali Bey of Tunis (1705-1735)
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Hassan Khomeini Iranian cleric (born 1972) -
Ibn 'Ata Allah 3rd sheikh of the Shadhili Sufi -
Ibn al-Jazari Muslim Scholar -
Ibn Hajar al-Haytami 16th-century Sunni Muslim Shafi`i scholar -
Ibn Rajab Muslim Arab scholar of Islam -
Jahangir Mirza ibn Timur Timurid prince, son of Timur -
Mirza Tahir Ahmad Fourth Caliph of the Messiah (1928–2003) -
Salman Al-Ouda Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956) -
Sayyida Nafisa Muslim scholar -
Shaykh Junayd The fifth leader of the Safavid order (1447–1460) -
Sheikh Ahmadou Bamba Senegalese Sufi leader -
محسنؑ ابنِ علیؑ Mohsinؑ ibn Aliؑ Son of Fatimahۜ bint Muhammadﷺ and علیؑ ibn Abi Talibؑ -
Abdullah bin Saud Al Kabeer Fourth ruler of the Saudi State (1785-1818) - Abu Ishaq al-Tha'labi 11th century Islamic scholar
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Al-Daraqutni Muslim scholar and traditionist (918–995) -
Ali al-Asghar ibn Husayn Islamic martyr -
Ali Meshkini Iranian cleric (1922-2007) -
Betty Shabazz American educator and wife of Malcolm X (1934–1997) -
Faezeh Hashemi Rafsanjani Iranian women's rights activist and politician -
Husein Kavazović Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012 -
Ibn Malik Arab grammarian - Mansoureh Khojaste Bagherzadeh Wife of Ali Khamenei
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Muhammad al-Nafs al-Zakiyya Descendant of Muhammad and revolutionary leader (died 762) -
Muhammad ibn Ali al-Abbasi Father of the two first 'Abbâsid caliphs (c.680–743) -
Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi Indian Islamic scholar (1885–1944) -
Nafi' al-Madani One of the transmitters of the seven canonical Qira'at (689–785) -
Nizar Fatimid prince and Nizari imam (1045–1095) -
Prince Aly Khan Pakistani diplomat (1911–1960) -
Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki Indian Sufi -
Ruqayyah bint Husayn Daughter of Husayn ibn Ali - Said bin Ahmad Al Busaidi Imam of Oman
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Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah Meccan Islamic religious scholar (725–814) - Sultan bin Ahmad Al Busaidi Sultan of Oman
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Taj al-Din al-Subki Islamic theologian and historian -
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud 5th King of the Saudi State - Uqbah ibn Amir Companion of Muhammad
- Ziri ibn Manad Founder of the Zirid dynasty (died 971)
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‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani Hadith scholar (744-826) -
Ahmad al-Alawi Founder of a popular modern Sufi order -
Ahmad Khomeini Iranian politician - Aisha Qandicha Female mythological figure in northern Moroccan folklore
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Ali al-Akbar ibn Husayn Great-grandson of Muhammad (c. 652-680) -
Ali ibn al-Madini Sunni Islamic scholar (778–849) -
Amir al-Sha'bi Historian -
Ata ibn Abi Rabah Muslim jurist and hadith transmitter (c.646-c.733 CE) -
Burhan al-Din al-Murghinani Muhaddith, faqih and author (1135-1197) -
Christianity Çavuşzade Mehmed Cemâleddin Efendi Turkish statesperson (1870–1938) - Firuzabadi Lexicographer
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Ḥusain Wāʿiẓ Kāšifī Iranian writer, astronomer and mathematician -
Ibn Sab'in Muslim philosopher -
Imam Zufar 8th century Hanafi scholar - Jahm bin Safwan Islamic theologian (c.696–c.745 CE)
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Jalal al-Din Davani Iranian philosopher -
Khâlid-i Baghdâdî Iraqi Sufi mystic and poet (1779–1827) -
Khwaja Ghulam Farid 19th-century sufi Punjabi poet of the punjab , polyglot, scholar and writer - Mahmud al-Alusi Iraqi Islamic scholar and poet (1802–1854)
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Mehmet Görmez Turkish statesperson (born 1959) -
Mirza Nasir Ahmad Ahmadiyya religious leader (1909–1982) -
Muhammad ibn Ismail Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740–813 -
Nimetullah-ı Veli Spiritual leader -
Sahib ibn Abbad Grand vizier of the Buyid dynasty -
Seyit Rıza Zaza tribal chief -
Tawus ibn Kaysan Tabi'in hadith narrator (died 723) -
Yusuf Hamdani Central Asian Sufi teacher (1048/49–1140) -
Zahed Gilani Grandmaster (Murshid Kamil) of the famed Zahediyeh Sufi Order at Lahijan - Abān ibn Saʻīd Merchant and sahabi
- Abd al-Haqq I Marinid dynasty leader (1157–1217)
- Abdul Aziz Ghazi Khateeb of the central mosque of Islamabad known as Lal Masjid
- Abdul Karim Jili Muslim Sufi saint and mystic
- Abdullah ibn Ali Abbasid governor of Syria (c.712–764)
- Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
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Ali Al Huthaify Saudi Imam -
Ali Erbaş President of Directorate of Religious Affairs - Ali Mirza Safavi The seventh leader of the Safavid order and brother of Shah Ismail I (1488–1494)
- Hamad bin Said Al Busaidi Iman of Oman
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Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli Iranian Islamic philosopher and theologian -
Hassan II Nizari imam -
Haydar Amuli Shi'ite mystic and Sufi -
Hisham ibn Urwah Muslim scholar (c.680-763) -
Ilyas Qadri Pakistani Islamic scholar -
Jesse of Kartli King of Georgia (1680/81 - 1727) -
Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani Iranian Grand Ayatollah - Muhammad Ayyub Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952–2016)
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