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Abu Musa al-Ash'ari

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Abu Musa Abd Allah ibn Qays al-Ash'ari (Arabic: أبو موسى عبد الله بن قيس الأشعري, romanized: Abū Mūsā ʿAbd Allāh ibn Qays al-Ashʿarī), better known as Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (Arabic: أبو موسى الأشعري, romanized: Abū Mūsā al-Ashʿarī) (died c. 662 or 672) was a companion of Muhammad and an important figure in early Islamic history. He was at various times governor of Basra and Kufa and was involved in the early Muslim conquest of Persia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Musa al-Ash'ari is the 4,059th most popular politician (down from 2,549th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Yemen (down from 5th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Yemeni Politician.

Abu Musa al-Ash'ari is most famous for being the first Muslim scholar to declare that the Qur'an is not created.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ranks 4,059 out of 19,576. Before him are Sverre of Norway, Elisabeth of the Palatinate, Vratislaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Cao Zhi, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, and Henry I of Navarre. After him are Ségolène Royal, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, Intef III, Éamon de Valera, Donald III of Scotland, and Tigellinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 600, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ranks 23. Before him are Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Muadh ibn Jabal, Æthelfrith, Chandrakirti, Justus, and Cosmas Indicopleustes. After him are Bahram Chobin, John IV of Constantinople, Shahrbaraz, Amandus, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, and Chilperic of Aquitaine. Among people deceased in 666, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ranks 2. Before him is Ramla bint Abi Sufyan. After him are Yeon Gaesomun, Muhammad ibn Maslamah, and Lupus of Friuli.

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In Yemen

Among people born in Yemen, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ranks 6 out of 35. Before him are Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947), Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945), Uwais al-Qarani (594), Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden (1908), and Mukesh Ambani (1957). After him are Abdullah ibn Saba' (700), Miqdad ibn Aswad (589), Malik al-Ashtar (585), Rashad al-Alimi (1954), Tawakkol Karman (1979), and Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869).

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Among POLITICIANS In Yemen

Among politicians born in Yemen, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari ranks 3. Before him are Ali Abdullah Saleh (1947), and Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi (1945). After him are Rashad al-Alimi (1954), Yahya Muhammad Hamid ed-Din (1869), Muhammad al-Badr (1926), Hussein al-Houthi (1960), Ahmad bin Yahya (1891), Ali Nasir Muhammad (1940), Mohammed Basindawa (1935), Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939), and Abdul-Malik al-Houthi (1979).

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