RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Maria al-Qibtiyya

600 - 637

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Māriyya bint Shamʿūn al Qibtiyyah, better known as Māriyyah al-Qibṭiyyah or al-Qubṭiyya (Arabic: مارية القبطية), or Maria the Copt, died 637, was an Egyptian woman who, along with her sister Sirin bint Shamun, was given as a slave to the Islamic prophet Muhammad in 628 by Al-Muqawqis, a Christian governor of Alexandria, during the territory's Sasanian occupation. It is a subject of speculation if she married Muhammad or continued to be a concubine. She spent the rest of her life in Medina, and had a son, Ibrahim with Muhammad. The son died in his infancy, aged 2, and she died almost five years later. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria al-Qibtiyya is the 590th most popular religious figure (down from 505th in 2019), the 105th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 88th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Egyptian Religious Figure.

Maria al-Qibtiyya was a slave who became the mistress of the Muslim caliph, Harun al-Rashid. She is most famous for her poetry.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 590 out of 3,187. Before her are Parascheva of the Balkans, Pope Donus, Anas ibn Malik, Paulo Miki, Abdullah ibn Masud, and Charles de Foucauld. After her are 'Abd al-Rahman ibn 'Awf, Saint Maurice, Sabbas the Sanctified, Luigi Lucheni, Christina of Bolsena, and Dōgen.

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Among people born in 600, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 13. Before her are Rayhana bint Zayd, Samo, Bahira, Musaylimah, Pope Severinus, and Abdullah ibn Masud. After her are Abraha, Pope Theodore I, Abdullah ibn Muhammad, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, Muadh ibn Jabal, and Æthelfrith. Among people deceased in 637, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 1. 

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 105 out of 642. Before her are Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876), Paul of Thebes (227), Berenice IV of Egypt (-77), Meritaten (-1400), Adly Mansour (1945), and Ramesses VI (-1175). After her are Saint Maurice (250), Amasis II (-700), Fawzia Fuad of Egypt (1921), Cleopatra Selene of Syria (-130), Seti II (-1300), and Senakhtenre Ahmose (-1600).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Egypt

Among religious figures born in Egypt, Maria al-Qibtiyya ranks 19. Before her are Mary of Egypt (344), Saint Apollonia (110), Moses the Black (332), Saint Menas (285), Paul of Thebes (227), and Meritaten (-1400). After her are Saint Maurice (250), Yusuf al-Qaradawi (1926), Djet (-3000), Apollos (100), Macarius of Egypt (300), and Pope Theophilus of Alexandria (310).

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