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Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid

948 - 1022

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Abu 'Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi, known as al-Shaykh al-Mufid (Arabic: الشیخ المفید) and Ibn al-Mu'allim (c. 948–1022 CE), was a prominent Iraqi Twelver Shia theologian. His father was a teacher (mu'allim), hence the name Ibn al-Mu'allim. The title "al-Mufid" was given to him either by Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Shia Imam, or by al-Rummani, a Mu'tazilite scholar, after a conversation with him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid is the 242nd most popular social activist (down from 170th in 2019), the 197th most popular biography from Iraq (down from 127th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iraqi Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid ranks 242 out of 840. Before him are Nimr al-Nimr, Marina Ginestà, Harro Schulze-Boysen, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Vandana Shiva, and Juliana of Stolberg. After him are Huber Matos, Jan Gotlib Bloch, David Riazanov, Narges Mohammadi, Jean Ziegler, and Abba Kovner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 948, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid ranks 4. Before him are Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, Emperor Jingzong of Liao, and Otto I, Duke of Carinthia. After him is Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani. Among people deceased in 1022, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid ranks 4. Before him are Olof Skötkonung, Emperor Zhenzong, and Symeon the New Theologian. After him are Ibn al-Bawwab, and Bernward of Hildesheim.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid ranks 197 out of 384. Before him are Al-Hariri of Basra (1054), Ur-Nanshe (-2500), Kubaba (-2500), Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746), Abu'l-Barakāt al-Baghdādī (1080), and Dudu of Akkad (-2300). After him are Dawud al-Zahiri (815), Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid (882), Alulim (null), Aphrahat (280), Nadira (1932), and Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr (1935).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Iraq

Among social activists born in Iraq, Al-Shaykh Al-Mufid ranks 5. Before him are Mustafa Barzani (1903), Rashid ad-Din Sinan (1130), Al-Mu'tazz (847), and David Sassoon (1792). After him are Naziha al-Dulaimi (1923), and Zainab Salbi (1969).

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