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.
481–600 of 607
- Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Al ash-Sheikh Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia (1890–1969)
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Omar Suleiman American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986) -
Rukn al-Din Khurshah Nizari Ismaili Imam - Sari al-Saqati 9th-century Baghdadi Sufi Muslim saint
- Saud al-Kabeer Ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
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Sayyid Ali Hamadani Iranian Kubrawiya Sufi saint (c.1312–1384) -
Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi 15th-century Egyptian scholar -
Sheikh Ghalib Turkish poet
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Sulayman ibn Mihran al-A’mash Islamic scholar (680 – 764/65) -
Judaism Talut Character in Qur'an, identified with Saul -
Uthman ibn Ali Son of ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib (died 680) -
Waki ibn al-Jarrah Islamic hadith scholar (745/47–812) -
Yahya ibn Zayd Son of Zayd ibn Ali -
Zakariyya al-Ansari Islamic scholar -
Abd as-Salam ibn Mashish al-Alami Moroccan Sufi saint -
Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1859–1937) -
Abdul Khaliq Ghijduwani Central Asian Sufi leader (died 1179) -
Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya 10th-century Arab religious leader; founder of the Zaydi Imamate -
Ala al-Din Muhammad III Nizari Ismaili Imam - Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud Emir of Nejd and Head of the House of Saud (1785–1865)
- Halim Malkoč Waffen SS volunteer (1917-1947)
- Hassan Yousef Leader of Hamas
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Ibn Furak Sunni Imam - Ibn Nusayr Shi'a scholar
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Ibrahim al-Imam 8th-century leader of the Abbasid family -
Ja'far Sobhani Iranian cleric - Lady Amin Jurisprudent and theologian
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Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist - Mahmut Ustaosmanoğlu Turkish religious leader (1929–2022)
- Muhammad ibn Abd Al-Haqq Marinid ruler from 1240 to 1244
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Muhammad ibn Iyas Egyptian historian - Muḥammad Ibn-al-Ḥusain as-Sulamī Khorasani Islamic scholar and sufi
- Muhammad Qutb Egyptian Islamist writer and scholar (1919-2014)
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Princess Faiza Fuad of Egypt Egyptian Royal -
Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr Grandson of Caliph Abu Bakr and transmitter of hadith - Rabee al-Madkhali Islamic scholar from Saudi Arabia (1933–2025)
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Rashid Ahmad Gangohi The Great Islamic Scholar (1829-1905) - Safiur Rahman Mubarakpuri Indian Islamic scholar, teacher and writer (1942–2006)
- Sakina bint Husayn Islamic princess
- Saud II. ibn Faisal Ruler of Second Saudi State in 1871 and from 1873 to 1875
- Shahrbanu Alleged wife of Husayn Ibn Ali
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Taj al-Din al-Hasani Syrian politician (1885-1943) - Yaghmurasan Zayyanid ruler of Tlemcen from 1236 to 1283
- Abd al-Rahman ibn Rustum First Rustumid ruler
- Abd Allah al-Radi Tenth of the Shia Isma'ili Imams ( 825–881)
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Abd Allah ibn Mu'awiya Alid leader of a rebellion against the Umayyads (died c.747) -
Abdel-Halim Mahmoud Egyptian Sufi and Sheikh (1910–1978) - Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi Iranian scholar
- Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid Quran reciter and scholar
- Abu Sa'id Uthman I, Marinid Marinid Sheikh (1196–1240)
- Abu'l-Qasim al-Tayyib Last known imam of the Tayyibi Isma'ilis (born 1130)
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Abul Abbas al-Mursi Saint -
Al-Layth ibn Sa'd Egyptian faqih, author and muhaddith (0713-0791) - Ali al-Qari Afghan Islamic philosopher and scholar (died 1605/06)
- Anwar Shah Kashmiri Islamic scholar
- Christianity Auria Queen consort of Pamplona
- Azizul Haque Islamic studies scholar
- Dawud al-Ta'i 8th-century Iraqi Islamic scholar and sufi
- Haman in Islam Islamic portrayal of Biblical Haman
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Hossein Noori Hamedani Iranian Grand ayatollah -
Ibn Kullab Islamic Theologian - Jalal al-Din Hassan III Nizari Imam of Alamut
- Jalaluddin al-Mahalli Egyptian scholar and jurist (c. 1389–1460 CE)
- Khadijeh Saqafi Iranian revolutionary and Ruhollah Khomeini's wife
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Mohammad Fazel Lankarani Iranian grand ayatollah (1931–2007) -
Mohsen Araki Shia Islamic cleric -
Mostafa Khamenei Iranian cleric -
Muhammad al-Jazuli Arab Moroccan Sufi imam, from arabian tribe jazulah - Muhammad Shafi Usmani Sunni Deobandi Islamic scholar (1897-1976)
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Muhammed Mehdi Senusi Senussi cleric and leader - Najdah ibn 'Amir Head of Kharijite state from 685 to 691/692
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Narjis Mother Muhammad al-Mahdi -
Sahnun Maliki jurist - Saif bin Sultan Omani imam
- Salih ibn Ali Abbasid governor and general (711-769)
- Şaranî Muslim scholar
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Sattam bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud Saudi Royal (1941-2013) -
Saud I Saudi Emir, 1640-1726 -
Sharif al-Murtadha Islamic Shiite scholar, 965-1044 - Sunan Ampel Indonesian Wali Sanga Islamist
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Tareq Al-Suwaidan Kuwaiti scholar - Walid ibn al-Mughira Chief of the Quraysh in Mecca (570–622)
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Warith Deen Mohammed Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008) - Warsh Imam and Muslim theologian of Quran (728–812)
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Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi Syrian Islamic Scholar (1256–1341 CE) - Yuz Asaf Ahmadiyya doctrine that Jesus survived the Crucifixion (congruent with other versions of Islam), moved to Kashmir, and died naturally in Srinagar
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Zaynulla Rasulev Bashkir religious leader (1833–1917) -
ʿUbaidallāh Ibn-Maḥmūd Aḥrār Sufi master and Islamic scholar (1404–1490) -
Abd-Allah ibn Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah Alid religious leader (died c.716) - Abdullah al-Harari Harari Islamic scholar
- Abu al-Husain al-Nuri Abed Zahid of Baghdad scientists
- Abu Ishaq al-Isfarayini Islamic scholar
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Abu Tahir al-Silafi 12th-century Islamic scholar -
Ahmad al-Wafi Eighth Ismaili imam (c. 766–828) - Aisha Al-Manoubya Muslim saint in Tunisia
- Al-Jubba'i Arab philosopher (died c. 915)
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Ala ud-Daula Simnani Iranian Sufi saint -
Amr ibn Dinar Muslim scholar and jurist (c.666–744 CE) - Asim ibn Umar Son of caliph Umar and hadith scholar (c.628–c.689)
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Assim al-Hakeem Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i -
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo Senegalese slave -
Baba Kuhi of Shiraz 10th- and 11th-century Persian Sufi mystic - Gamal al-Banna Egyptian writer and trade unionist (1920-2013)
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Hadi Khamenei Iranian politician -
Hamzah Fansuri Indonesian writer
- Harb ibn Umayya Father of Abu Sufyan and Arwa
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Hassan Modarres Prime Minister of Iran (1870-1937) -
Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr Imam allegedly kidnapped by CIA in Italy -
Ibn Aqil Baghdad based Islamic theologian (1040–1119) -
Ibn Wahb Egyptian Jurist of Maliki school - Ibn Yuzayy 14th century poet
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Kahina Bahloul French imam (born 1979) -
Kunta-haji Chechen mystic (1800–1867) -
Mostafa Mohaqeq Damad Iranian cleric -
Mousa Shubairi Zanjani Iranian grand ayatollah (1928–2026) -
Muhammad Ali Pakistani scholar and leading figure of the Ahmadiyya Movement - Muhammad Ali al-Sabuni Syrian Islamic scholar
- Muhammad Hayat al-Sindi 18th-century Islamic scholar
- Muqbil ibn Hādī al-Wādiʻī Islamic studies scholar (1933–2001)
- Nasir bin Murshid Omani imam
Islam
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