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Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib

539 - 619

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Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: أَبُو طَالِب بن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب, romanized: ʾAbū Ṭālib bin ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib; c. 535 – 619) was the leader of Banu Hashim, a clan of the Qurayshi tribe of Mecca in the Hejazi region of the Arabian Peninsula. As he was the brother of Abdullah, the father of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, he was the Islamic Prophet Muhammad’s uncle and father of Ali. After the death of his father Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf, he inherited this position as tribal chieftain, and the offices of Siqaya and Rifada. He was well-respected in Mecca. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib is the 221st most popular religious figure (down from 197th in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Saudi Arabia (up from 23rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular Saudi Arabian Religious Figure.

Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib was the uncle of the prophet Muhammad and the father of Ali. He is most famous for being a protector of Muhammad from the persecution of the Quraysh.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ranks 221 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Blaise, Pope John VIII, Salome, Pope Honorius III, Pope Alexander III, and Pope Adrian V. After him are Bernadette Soubirous, Catherine of Siena, Saint Dominic, Saint Sebastian, Joshua, and Pope Clement II.

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Among people born in 539, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ranks 1. After him are Maurice, and Chilperic I. Among people deceased in 619, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ranks 2. Before him is Khadija bint Khuwaylid. After him are John the Merciful, John Moschus, Shibi Khan, and Laurence of Canterbury.

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In Saudi Arabia

Among people born in Saudi Arabia, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ranks 18 out of 354. Before him are Hasan ibn Ali (624), Bilal ibn Rabah (580), Muawiyah I (603), Osama bin Laden (1957), Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548), and Ibn Saud (1875). After him are Aminah (557), Ja'far al-Sadiq (702), Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924), Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906), Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab (1703), and Faisal I of Iraq (1885).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Saudi Arabia

Among religious figures born in Saudi Arabia, Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib ranks 8. Before him are Ali (601), Abu Bakr (573), Husayn ibn Ali (626), Hasan ibn Ali (624), Bilal ibn Rabah (580), and Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib (548). After him are Aminah (557), Malik ibn Anas (711), Abd al-Muttalib (497), Abu Hurairah (600), Zaynab bint Jahsh (592), and Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (659).

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