RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Ahmad al-Rifaʽi

1118 - 1182

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Aḥmad ibn ʽAlī al-Rifāʽī (Arabic: أَحْمَد ابْن عَلِي ٱلرِّفَاعِي) was a Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Rifaʽi tariqa (Sufi order) of Islam. The Rifaʽi order had its greatest following until it was overtaken by the Qadiri order. The Rifaʽi order is most commonly found in the Arab Middle East but also in Turkey, the Balkans and South Asia. His tomb and shrine is located at a mosque bearing his namesake in Al-Rifai, a town at southern Iraq near Baghdad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad al-Rifaʽi is the 1,389th most popular religious figure (down from 882nd in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 108th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Ahmad al-Rifaʽi ranks 1,389 out of 3,187. Before him are Vitalis of Milan, Gisela, Abbess of Chelles, Henri Estienne, Claudio Acquaviva, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, and Suhayb ar-Rumi. After him are Tode Mongke, Ludger, Maruthas of Martyropolis, George Sphrantzes, Philotheus I of Constantinople, and Umayya ibn Khalaf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1118, Ahmad al-Rifaʽi ranks 4. Before him are Manuel I Komnenos, Andronikos I Komnenos, and Taira no Kiyomori. After him are Ioveta, Odo II, Duke of Burgundy, and Saigyō. Among people deceased in 1182, Ahmad al-Rifaʽi ranks 5. Before him are Valdemar I of Denmark, Maria of Antioch, Agnes of Austria, and Maria Komnene. After him are Margaret of Navarre, Marie I, Countess of Boulogne, and Kirill of Turov.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ahmad al-Rifaʽi ranks 189 out of 384. Before him are Ayad Allawi (1944), Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis (1954), Al-Hakim I (1247), Rimush (null), Samsu-Ditana (-1700), and Suhayb ar-Rumi (587). After him are Bethuel (null), Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Ur-Nanshe (-2500), Kubaba (-2500), Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746), and Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Ahmad al-Rifaʽi ranks 22. Before him are Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah (1935), Ibn Sa'd (784), Abo of Tiflis (756), Dinkha IV (1935), Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1931), and Suhayb ar-Rumi (587). After him are Dawud al-Zahiri (815), Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935), An Shigao (101), Emmanuel III Delly (1927), Lipit-Ishtar (-1890), and Nahor, son of Terah (null).

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