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Al-Baqillani

950 - 1013

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Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn al-Ṭayyib al-Bāqillānī (Arabic: أَبُو بَكْر مُحَمَّد بْن ٱلطَّيِّب ٱلْبَاقِلَّانِيّ; 950 – 5 June 1013), was a Sunni Muslim scholar and polymath who specialized in speculative Islamic theology, jurisprudence, logic, and hadith. He spent much of his life defending and strengthening the Ash'ari school of theology within Islam. An accomplished rhetorical stylist and orator, al-Baqillani was held in high regard by his contemporaries for his expertise in debating theological and jurisprudential issues. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Baqillani is the 1,898th most popular religious figure (down from 1,725th in 2019), the 236th most popular biography from Iraq and the 29th most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Al-Baqillani ranks 1,898 out of 3,187. Before him are Luigi Sturzo, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, James Alberione, John Gualbert, José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez, and Giacomo Antonelli. After him are Polyeuctus of Constantinople, Saint Faith, Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, Anan ben David, Andrew Dũng-Lạc, and Zerah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 950, Al-Baqillani ranks 22. Before him are Abhinavagupta, Otto III, Duke of Swabia, Odo I, Count of Blois, Arslan Isra'il, Otto II, Duke of Swabia, and Herman I, Duke of Swabia. After him are Domenico I Contarini, Michael Krešimir II of Croatia, Egbert, Trdat, Burchard of Worms, and Thankmar. Among people deceased in 1013, Al-Baqillani ranks 3. Before him are Al-Zahrawi, and Hisham II. After him is Reginar IV, Count of Mons.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Baqillani ranks 236 out of 384. Before him are Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (1936), Shu-Sin (null), Arik-den-ili (-1400), Gungunum (-1920), Al-Muwaffaq (842), and Baha ad-Din ibn Shaddad (1145). After him are Naziha al-Dulaimi (1923), Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz (1913), Ashur-dan I (-1300), Al-Samawal al-Maghribi (1130), Yaʿqūb ibn Ṭāriq (800), and Abu Mansur al-Baghdadi (980).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Al-Baqillani ranks 29. Before 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). After him are Bashar ibn Burd (714), Yahya ibn Ma'in (775), Muhammad al-Sadr (1943), Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), Yitzhak Kaduri (1898), and Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna (728).

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