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Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani

948 - 1038

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Abu Nuʿaym al-Isfahani (أبـو نـعـيـم الأصـفـهـانـي; full name: Ahmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ahmad ibn Ishāq ibn Mūsā ibn Mahrān al-Mihrānī al-Asbahānī (or al-Asfahānī) al-Ahwal al-Ash`arī al-Shāfi`ī, died 1038 CE / AH 430) was a medieval Persian Shafi'i scholar and one of the leading hadith scholars of his time. His family was an offshoot of the aristocratic House of Mihran. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani is the 2,156th most popular religious figure (down from 1,659th in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from Iran (down from 247th in 2019) and the 30th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani ranks 2,156 out of 3,187. Before him are Coloman of Stockerau, Louis Bertrand, Alphaeus, Abtai Sain Khan, Peter Shirayanagi, and Charles Fox Parham. After him are Ingrid Vang Nyman, Oscar Cantoni, Cesare Orsenigo, Maria Bernarda Bütler, Theodorus Lector, and Kassapa Buddha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 948, Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani ranks 5. Before him are Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, Emperor Jingzong of Liao, Otto I, Duke of Carinthia, and Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid.  Among people deceased in 1038, Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani ranks 6. Before him are Stephen I of Hungary, Seljuk, Gotthard of Hildesheim, Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia, and Gunhilda of Denmark. After him are Herman IV, Duke of Swabia, and William VI, Duke of Aquitaine.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani ranks 285 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad-Reza Shajarian (1940), Mostafa Chamran (1932), Imad al-Dawla (892), Reza Hosseini Nassab (1960), Mohammad-Taqi Bahar (1886), and Ahmad Qavam (1876). After him are Ahmad Kasravi (1890), Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani (1931), Abolqasem Lahouti (1887), Ali-Reza Pahlavi (1966), Al-Nayrizi (865), and Athir al-Din al-Abhari (1200).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani ranks 30. Before him are Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), Ibn Khuzayma (838), Morteza Motahhari (1919), Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), and Reza Hosseini Nassab (1960). After him are Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935), Sadegh Khalkhali (1926), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Suleiman II of Persia (1714), Navvab Safavi (1924), and Luarsab II of Kartli (1592).

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