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Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad

985 - 1021

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Hamza ibn Ali ibn Ahmed (Arabic: حمزة بن علي بن أحمد, romanized: Ḥamza ibn ‘Alī ibn ʾAḥmad; c. 985–c. 1021) was an 11th-century Persian Ismai'li missionary and founding leader of the Druze. He was born in Zuzan in Greater Khorasan in Samanid-ruled Persia (modern Khaf, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran), and preached his heterodox strand of Isma'ilism in Cairo during the reign of the Fatimid caliph al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. According to Hamza, al-Hakim was God made manifest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad is the 958th most popular religious figure (up from 1,607th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from Iran (up from 241st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad ranks 958 out of 3,187. Before him are Anthony de Mello, Arnold of Brescia, Romano Guardini, Jean Mabillon, Mikao Usui, and Saint Petronilla. After him are Antipope Christopher, Sidi Boushaki, Waraqah ibn Nawfal, Leonardo Boff, Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha, and Mesud II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 985, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad ranks 4. Before him are Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Emma of Normandy, and Radbot of Klettgau. After him are Rodulfus Glaber, Adalbert, Margrave of Austria, Boniface III, Margrave of Tuscany, Eilmer of Malmesbury, and Theobald II of Blois. Among people deceased in 1021, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad ranks 2. Before him is Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. After him is Minamoto no Yorimitsu.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad ranks 148 out of 631. Before him are Anastasius of Persia (550), Mehran Karimi Nasseri (1942), Teispes (-675), Reza Pahlavi, Crown Prince of Iran (1960), Istakhri (850), and Phraates V (-100). After him are Pacorus I (-63), Mithridates V of Parthia (100), Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), Arses of Persia (-360), Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (897), and Musa al-Sadr (1928).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Hamza ibn-'Ali ibn-Ahmad ranks 14. Before him are Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Mordecai (null), Sasan (200), and Anastasius of Persia (550). After him are Safi-ad-din Ardabili (1252), Al-Juwayni (1028), Al-Bayhaqi (994), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Shaykh Tusi (995), and Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864).

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